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Nate Suda
VP Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Adaptive Strategy and Execution
- Articulating the Business Value of IT and AI
Speaker Bio
Nate Suda is a VP Analyst whose research examines how AI changes the economics of business. His work focuses on AI Value & Economics, including how organisations create, measure and sustain business value from AI, how AI reshapes enterprise cost structures, and how it changes competitive advantage.
He advises CIOs, CFOs and CEOs on executive decisions related to AI investment, value realisation, pricing, productivity, workforce strategy, operating models and margin. His recent research includes AI value measurement, enterprise AI economics, agentic cost behaviour, competitive strategy, workforce transformation and executive communication of AI value.
Example client issues include:
* How do we create measurable business value from AI?
* How should we measure AI success beyond ROI?
* How should we prioritise AI investments across cost reduction, growth and competitive advantage?
* How will agentic AI reshape enterprise cost structures, pricing and margin?
* How should AI reshape workforce strategy and operating models?
* How should CIOs communicate AI value to CEOs, CFOs and boards?
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He advises CIOs, CFOs and CEOs on executive decisions related to AI investment, value realisation, pricing, productivity, workforce strategy, operating models and margin. His recent research includes AI value measurement, enterprise AI economics, agentic cost behaviour, competitive strategy, workforce transformation and executive communication of AI value.
Example client issues include:
* How do we create measurable business value from AI?
* How should we measure AI success beyond ROI?
* How should we prioritise AI investments across cost reduction, growth and competitive advantage?
* How will agentic AI reshape enterprise cost structures, pricing and margin?
* How should AI reshape workforce strategy and operating models?
* How should CIOs communicate AI value to CEOs, CFOs and boards?
Sessions
Monday, 23 March, 2026 09:30 AM - 10:15 AM GMT
Gartner Opening Keynote: AI After the Hype: Scaling Human + Machine Value
Nate Suda,
VP Analyst, Gartner
CIOs are in the hot seat: as hype hasn’t hit the P&L, but executives have seen enough real wins to know value is there. What they want now is simple: a technology leader who can cut through the noise and tell them what works most of the time, and what doesn’t. This keynote gives CIOs license to stop naming specific initiatives that almost never pay off – and where to double-down. You’ll walk away with a tool to score your own portfolio, decide where to pivot, persist or pull the plug, instead of betting on hype.
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Monday, 23 March, 2026 04:00 PM - 04:45 PM GMT
Ask the Expert: AI After the Hype: Keynote Contextualization for the Global Enterprise CIO
Nate Suda,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Join this session to unpack the CIO leadership forum opening keynote themes on how Global Enterprise CIOs should decide where to focus, where to pivot and avoid the AI hype.
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Tuesday, 24 March, 2026 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM GMT
After ROI: The Three Executive Conversations Shaping AI Value
Nate Suda,
VP Analyst, Gartner
This is a conceptual strategy session for leaders whose organisations are already comfortable with the AI ROI conversation and are ready to go beyond it. It goes deeper into the thinking behind the keynote, examining the emerging logic of advanced organisations as they shift from one-off gains to broader questions of workforce redesign, changing functional boundaries, and the operating philosophy choices that define the AI-shaped organisation.
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Tuesday, 24 March, 2026 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM GMT
Beyond the Headlines: A CIO's Playbook for AI Layoffs
Nate Suda,
VP Analyst, Gartner
The C-suite is asking: "How should AI impact our headcount?" While headlines focus on layoffs, top-performing CIOs are leading a more strategic conversation about workforce evolution, not just reduction. This session provides a data-driven framework to move beyond reactive headcount decisions. Learn how to align talent shifts with long-term commercial imperatives, manage cultural anxiety, and present a proactive workforce strategy to your board that focuses on value creation and sustainable growth. (incl. new 2H 2025 layoff analysis)
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