Among other topics, Martha discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Martha Poulter’s Biography
Martha is currently Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., a position she began in June of 2014. Prior to joining Starwood, Martha spent eighteen years at GE Capital in a range of information technology and e-Business leadership roles. Most recently she served as Vice President, GE and CIO, GE Capital from August 2010 to June 2014 where she was responsible for further integrating the best of GE Capital’s IT applications, infrastructure and resources across all consumer and commercial platforms. From 2008 to 2010 Martha served as CIO for GE Capital, Americas where she was responsible for driving global digitization strategy, organization and delivery of customer value through technology, and from 2007 to 2008 she served as CIO for GE Capital, Capital Solutions. From 1995 to 2007, Martha held various positions for GE, Corporate Financial Services. Prior to joining GE Capital, Martha held various positions with Southern New England Telephone, a telecommunications company.
Martha completed her MBA from the University of New Haven and received her Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Connecticut.
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Among other topics, Serge discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Serge Leduc’s Biography
Serge is currently the Chief Information Officer of Canadian National Railway. Serge has gone through a transformation at CN, taking the company from a federated structure, to a more homogeneous one around business engagement, applications management and delivery; infrastructure and telecommunications; and planning and strategy
Prior to joining Canadian National, Serge held various senior positions for Canadian and UK-based organizations, including Alliance Forest Products and British American Tobacco. At British American Tobacco, his responsibilities included implementing SAP and global supply chain management solutions in various countries around the world, and also ran a major enterprise infrastructure program.
Among other topics, Celso discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Celso Giuotoko’s Biography
Celso is the Alliance Global VP, Corporate Vice President, and CIO of the global corporate IS/IT function of Renault-Nissan, based in Yokohama, Japan. Among other responsibilities, Celso is responsible for managing Renault and Nissan’s IS divisions worldwide.
Prior to joining Nissan, Celso served as vice president of i2 technologies, a supply chain management software and services company, which he joined after leaving Toshiba Corporation’s semi-conducotr division in the US. Celso began his career as a system analyst at BRADESCO Brazilian bank in Sau Paulo, before eventually joining Andersen consulting (now Accenture) in 1985. With Andersen, Celso moved to Chicago and eventually Tokyo.
In addition to his activities in the business world, from 1986 to 1988, he became Assistant Professor for Information Technology, at the Universidade Estadual de Sao Paulo where he also supervised the Internship Programme.
At the University of Sau Paulo in Brazil, Celso attended the Esola Politecnica and the Faculdade de Economia e Administracao.
Among other topics, Jim discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Jim Fowler’s Biography
Jim is the chief information officer of GE Capital. In that role, he is responsible for delivering digital global business processes and is an active participant in driving GE’s commercial digital strategy through GE’s Information Management Council.
Jim was previously the CIO for GE Power & Water, the CIO for GE Power Generation Services and CSA Automation, the CIO for GE Intelligent Platforms, the CIO of Supply Chain at GE Aviation, and the CTO of Architecture and Design with GE Infrastructure. Prior to GE he held roles with NCR and Accenture.
Jim holds a bachelor of science degree in Management Information Systems and Marketing from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, as well as an MBA from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Among other topics, Chris discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Christopher Hjelm’s Biography
Christopher Hjelm is currently Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer for The Kroger Co. Chris leads the technology strategy, and is responsible for all aspects of engineering, site architecture, operations, and services. Before joining Kroger in 2005, Chris was Chief Information Officer at Cendant’s Travel Distribution Services and Senior VP for Technology at eBay.
Chris has more than 20 years of technology leadership experience at high-growth Internet companies as well as Fortune 500 firms, having served at Orbitz, Cendant Corp., eBay, and Federal Express. He has been a Director of Rehabcare Group Inc. since July 2007 and a Director of Kindred Healthcare Inc. since June 2011. He serves as a Member of CIO Advisory Board of newScale LLC, which designs, manufactures and distributes networking equipments, and as a Member of Advisory Board at Channel Velocity, Inc.
Chris holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from the Colorado State University and an Honorary PhD in Computer Science from Colorado Technical University.
Among other topics, Emerson discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Emerson Spartz’s Biography
Emerson is the CEO of Chicago-based Spartz Media Inc., one of the fastest growing digital media publishers with 18 websites, including GivesMeHope, OMGFacts, and Dose.
Emerson gained fame at the age of 12, when he founded MuggleNet, which was at one time the world’s largest Harry Potter website. MuggleNet eventually attracted 50 million page views per month, and spawned the most listened to podcast in the world. Along the way, Emerson met author JK Rowling as a representative of the Harry Potter fandom. Emerson has written a number of books related to the various sites that he has created, as well.
Emerson graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor’s degree in management from the Mendoza College of Business.
Among other topics, Stephanie discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Stephanie von Friedeburg’s Biography
Stephanie is the CIO and VP for Information Technology Solutions at the World Bank Group, a role she has held since 2012. Among other responsibilities, Stephanie is in charge of driving IT strategy at the World Bank Group. She’ll speak about the transformation she has led in our interview.
Stephanie began her career at the World Bank in 1992, serving in a variety of roles, including CIO for the International Finance Corporation, Manager for IFC General Manufacturing Investments in Russia and the former Soviet republics, and Manager for IFC’s Global Telecommunications Portfolio, amongst other roles.
Stephanie is also on the advisory board of Box.org, the non-profit directed arm of Box.com, an online service that provides files sharing, collaborating, and other tools for files uploaded to its servers. She also serves as a leader of the International Finance Institution Women in IT organization, which advocates for the advancement of women in IT, as well as sitting on the board of the Bank-Fund Staff Federal Credit Union.
Stephanie holds a bachelor’s degree from the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. She received her Master of Arts from the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, also at the University of Pennsylvania.
Among other topics, Gerri discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Gerri Martin-Flickinger’s Biography
Gerri is the CIO of Adobe Systems, a multinational software company in the midst of a transformation to the cloud, a topic Gerri and I discuss in some depth in this interview. Among other responsibilities, Gerri provides strategic direction and management for the global IT infrastructure at Adobe, including hosted services.
Prior to joining Adobe, Gerri served as the CIO of Verisign, a company that operates a diverse array of network infrastructure and offers a range of security services, where she oversaw the corporate IT services of over 60 offices. Gerri has also served as the CIO for Network Associates, Inc., as well as McAfee, Inc., prior to its acquisition by Intel.
In addition to her current role at Adobe, Gerri serves as a member of advisory committees for several venture firms, including Sierra Ventures. She is also involved in the Presidential Management Advisory Board, providing consultation on best practices in IT and building stronger product portfolio management for US Agencies.
Gerri received a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Washington State University.
Among other topics, Joe discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Joe Locandro’s Biography
Joe is the IT Director (CIO equivalent) of Cathay Pacific, the flag carrier airline of Hong Kong. Among other responsibilities, Joe leads the strategic positioning and delivery of the airline’s information management and technology requirements, and he is the co-head of the innovation program for the airline. He’ll speak about some of the creative and innovative ideas that his team are developing in this interview.
Prior to joining Cathay Pacific, Joe served at the director of IT at China Light & Power where he focused on IT strategy, strategic systems development, infrastructure, and developing initiatives supportive of business unit missions. Joe has held a number of CIO positions in other industries including entertainment and energy.
Joe is also a member of the Hong KongSAR government’s Digital 21 Strategy Advisory Committee, as well as several other IT related advisory boards for universities and the Hong Kong Computer Society.
Joe holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Commerce from University of Melbourne, and a graduate diploma in Marketing from Monash University, also in Melbourne.
Among other topics, Gene discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Gene Kim’s Biography:
Gene is an entrepreneur and author, focused on IT operations, information security, and DevOps. He is most well-known for his co-founding of the software company, TripWire, a security and compliance software company that was recently acquired by Belden, a manufacturer of networking and cable products. Gene wrote the original version of TripWire in 1992 as an undergraduate at Purdue, eventually co-fouding TripWire Inc. in 1997. Tripwire eventually grew to a 350 employee company with a customer base of over 9,000 organizations.
During his time at TripWire, Gene began his passion of studying high performing IT organizations, eventually codifying his observations of good to great IT transformations into 2 books, The Visible Ops Handbook, and Visible Ops Security. In 2010, Gene departed his CTO position at Tripwire to start the next chapter in his life. This eventually led to several books including Gene’s upcoming book, The DevOps Cookbook, and The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping your Business Win; the latter reaching #1 under Amazon’s Business Management sub-category.
In addition to his books and work at Tripwire, Gene co-founded the IT Process Institute, an organization committed to improving the operating performance of IT organizations across industries. He has been voted as an up and coming IT individual by publications including InfoWorld and ComputerWorld, and was given the Outstanding Alumnus Award in 2009 by Purdue University’s Department of Computer Sciences.
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