Michael P. Foster, 2015 Honoree
- Title
- Vice president IT/CIO, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Indian subcontinent
- Employer
- FedEx Express Europe
- Location
- Brussels
- Coolest project:
- An automated customs and transit management application. The application is a FedEx IT award-winning platform that provides automated and centralized import clearance and brokerage. The application has created a more accurate and efficient clearance process for our customers.
- Fast ROI project:
- The application development team implemented a real-time analytics engine to efficiently manage package flows between infeed and outfeed chutes at our primary hub and sort location in Europe.
- Which emerging technologies have captured your interest?
- In EMEA, we're very interested in wearable/handheld technology and have tested a number of proof-of-concept ideas in this area. Just this year, we experimented with using wearable technology to enhance our clearance management in Europe.