Ken Finnerty, 2015 Honoree
- Title
- Vice president, information services
- Employer
- UPS
- Location
- Paramus, N.J.
- Coolest project:
- Our next UPS mobile app. While I can't talk about the specific functionality, I can say we're leveraging new technologies, and the app will reach new markets by providing services that were previously unavailable on a mobile device.
- How do you evaluate emerging technologies?
- After identification of a new idea or innovative technology, our team works jointly with our business sponsors to test it in a limited, but practical, way. If it demonstrates value, then we collaborate to develop a proposal to adopt it on a larger scale.
- How does your IT group embed workers in the business?
- While we don't embed IT within business units, we do have a highly effective IT project governance process that includes a joint group of senior managers from both IT and other functional areas like accounting, operations and sales and marketing.