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Frank Ridder

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Practice Vice President, Artificial Intelligence at Gartner
📍 Hamminkeln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Frank Ridder is Gartners Practice Vice President for Artificial Intelligence, using his extensive background in IT services, digitalization, and Industrie 4. 0 to help global leaders scale their AI initiatives. He holds a Dipl. -Ing. from Düsseldorf University and is a certified mediator. People who have worked with him often describe him as energetic, smart, and a team player.

Frank is passionate about education and shaping future tech leaders, serving as a lecturer on IT services and emerging technologies at several universities since 2009. He has a long history in the IT and telecommunications industries, bringing a wealth of practical experience to his teaching and research.

His unique, self-proclaimed title is "humAInoid-in-Chief, " highlighting his focus on human-centered AI leadership.

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
Practice Vice President, Artificial Intelligence
Job Level
Senior
Location
Hamminkeln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Human-Centered AI
His current work and headline focus on advancing AI leadership that prioritizes human-centric deployment, governance, and safety, a key topic at WEF 2026.
AI Strategy
He leads a global practice at Gartner focused on helping organizations successfully strategize, implement, and scale their artificial intelligence programs.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
Practice Vice President, Artificial Intelligence
Gartner
4-2023 - 2-2025
Practice Vice President, Advanced Manufacturing & Transportation
Gartner
12-2019
Lecturer (Dozent)
Verbandsmanagement Institut (VMI)
9-2018
Adjunct Professor (Lehrbeauftragter)
Donau-Universität Krems
9-2015
Adjunct Professor (Lehrbeauftragter)
Hochschule Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences
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Education
1988 - 1992
Dipl.-Ing. (FH)
Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences
2011 - 2012
Certified Mediator
FernUniversität in Hagen
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