Venki Rao, 2014 Honoree
- Title
- CIO
- Employer
- GE Digital Energy
- Location
- Atlanta
- New titles in your IT organization:
- Chief information security officer, big data analytics leader, user experience leader, social media director and IT compliance leader.
- How have you incorporated social media into your own work?
- I communicate regularly on GE's internal Facebook-like collaboration platform (known as GE Colab), use Twitter to provide quick updates and blog regularly on technology trends, strategic initiatives, operational status and social media bloopers.
- A task you've delegated this year:
- I have asked my CTO to work on data center and server room reduction. By reducing our data centers by 50% and increasing virtualization, we can cut our operational costs by $8 million per year. His team is making great progress and will meet their target by year's end.
- Boldest IT prediction:
- Wearable technology such as iWatches and Google Glass will penetrate the market in next few years.