Rishi Sood is a VP Distinguished Analyst at Gartner, where he focuses on government technology trends and business strategies. His coverage is primarily focused on Go-To-Market strategies for technology and services providers targeting the Federal and State & Local governments. Specifically, Rishi is focused on key government operational issues (Procurement, Cost Reduction, Executive Orders, New Administration Policies) and major technology solutions (Cloud, Security, AI, IT Services, Government Specific Software, etc.). For Federal, Rishi covers issues related to Defense, Civil, and Intel agency segments while for State & Local Government he addresses issues for Health & Human Services, Public Safety & Justice, and Revenue agencies. At the role level, Rishi is focused on helping government leaders and CIOs on the future of government, emerging technologies, and core modernization related to Cybersecurity, AI, Cloud, and mission specific systems. For technology vendors, Rishi advises on government spending and forecasts, critical tech growth opportunities, buying trends, competitive landscape, messaging & positioning, and partnership development.
Rishi is frequently quoted in Industry Press and regularly presents at Industry Conferences. Rishi also provided expert testimony to the US Federal Government on technology issues.