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Andy Rowsell-Jones
Distinguished VP Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Business Value of IT
- AI Strategy and Business Alignment
- AI Value and Cost Management
Speaker Bio
Andy Rowsell-Jones is a Vice President and Distinguished Analyst in Gartner's CIO & Executive Leadership Research team, with interests in M&A, business and technology strategy, management, organization, and profit and cost improvement. His recent research focuses on AI strategy, AI economics, AI value realization, AI cost optimization, successful mergers and acquisitions, and the evolving management agenda for CIOs.
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Sessions
Thursday, November 05, 2026 04:45 PM - 05:15 PM JST
From Proving to Owning Value: How CIOs Transfer Technology Value to the Business P&L
Andy Rowsell-Jones,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Most IT value conversations fall apart because the business never owns the outcomes. This session shows CIOs how to shift from proving value to enforcing ownership — using financial structures, decision rights and renewal‑gate accountability to make leaders sign up for results. With AI and consumption‑based economics breaking traditional ROI, learn how to apply decision‑time guardrails, portfolio‑level value measures, and reinvestment logic to make value realization consistent, scalable and real.
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Friday, November 06, 2026 01:45 PM - 02:15 PM JST
What Does an AI Program Really Cost in 2026?
Andy Rowsell-Jones,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
AI investment is now material, not experimental. Yet few enterprises clearly understand total AI program economics. Join us to explore the full cost stack of enterprise AI in 2026: infrastructure, licensing, integration, governance, talent, model operations and run-cost volatility. We examine how agentic systems affect cost predictability and how hidden integration overhead can exceed model expenses. Using aggregated budget data and deployment case analysis, we provide benchmarks for AI program scale and cost distribution. We also explore how shifting from variable labor to semi-fixed technology is changing operating leverage.
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