Jamie Miller, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of General Electric

Technovation with Peter High (CIO, CTO, CDO, CXO Interviews)

English - May 19, 2014 09:00 - 5 MB - ★★★★★ - 68 ratings
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In this interview, Jamie Miller, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at General Electric, the Fortune 500 American multinational giant, discusses World Class IT principle one, People, and principle four, IT and Business Partnerships, with Metis Strategy. Some of the topics discussed include:

The uniqueness and advantages of taking on the role of the CIO coming from a deep Finance and Accounting background.
The advantages of having sat on the customer/user side of the table in determining IT strategy during a CIO’s first 100 days.
The value of seeking advice from a variety of sources when understanding technology during strategic planning – from large corporations to small tech startups.
The intricacies of interacting with and leading business unit CIOs in a company of the size and scale of GE.
The importance of metrics and the various ways metrics can be structured around a strategic plan or vice-versa.
Eye on the trends: Mobility and the Cloud. While mobility is much more well-formed than Cloud technology, there is significant innovation in the ways mobility can be thought of and applied to various industries and companies. In terms of the cloud, the growing understanding and implications of the various facets of Cloud technology – SaaS base and Infrastructure as a Service base.