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Rihua Lin
Director Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Functional Leadership of the IT Organization
- Evolution of Technology Leadership
Speaker Bio
Rihua Lin is a Director, Advisory in Gartner's CIO Research and Advisory group.
She supports CIOs and IT leaders in addressing management challenges such as strategy, operating models and digital transformation.
Ms. Lin is part of the Asia-Pacific and Japan team and has extensive experience of the Japanese market. She will cover CIO key initiatives across industries, in particular for the Japanese market.
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She supports CIOs and IT leaders in addressing management challenges such as strategy, operating models and digital transformation.
Ms. Lin is part of the Asia-Pacific and Japan team and has extensive experience of the Japanese market. She will cover CIO key initiatives across industries, in particular for the Japanese market.
Sessions
Thursday, 09 July, 2026 02:45 PM - 04:45 PM JST
Research Discussion: Who Runs Tech? Navigating the Evolution of Tech Leadership in the AI Era
Rihua Lin,
Director Analyst, Gartner
Takenori Namai,
VP, Team Manager, Gartner
Yoshifumi Ozawa,
Sr Executive Partner, Gartner
In the race to harness AI to boost business performance in uncertain times, tech has become more critical and distributed. This is prompting a reexamination of tech exec leadership roles and structures. This interactive session explores how enterprises divide exec leadership of tech across Enterprise IT, OT, CX, R&D, and product development. Discover essential design elements of cutting-edge tech leadership models, including strategic alignment, reporting, org design, and their benefits and limitations.
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Friday, 10 July, 2026 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM JST
The CIO's Guide to Evaluating Emerging Technologies
Rihua Lin,
Director Analyst, Gartner
How can CIOs pick the right time to start experimenting with an emerging technology? CIOs must seize the opportunities that emerging technologies offer while mitigating the risks they pose to the organization. This session advises CIOs on how to evaluate your organization’s trigger point to start a POC with an emerging technology, based on assessing five sets of adoption constraints.
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