George Tumas, 2012 Honoree
- Title
- Executive vice president and CIO
- Employer
- Wells Fargo & Co.
- Location
- San Francisco,
- How have you incorporated social media into your own work?
- We have developed an intranet site for our organization that offers many information-sharing features, including a blog. We also have a forum called the Braintrust that allows team members to tap into the collective experience and expertise of others, get answers to their questions, and share knowledge in the process, people or technology areas.
- Skills you'll hire for this year?
- Mobile developers, specifically for BlackBerry, iPhone and Android phones.
- Quick ROI project:
- An initiative to update the decisioning engine that provides customers with personalized and targeted advertising. This project has resulted in better availability and system performance, lower total costs of ownership and, most important, increased online sales.