Mobile/Wireless/Convergence / Interviews

CIO100 2017 #28 Chris Buxton, Statistics NZ

“We have to think of our customers being every citizen in New Zealand. They expect government to be gaining the same insights from data they can gain themselves and use them to improve their lot.” For Chris Buxton, chief digital officer at Statistics New Zealand, this perspective has impacted the way he and his team have been working with the rest of the senior management to deliver on the agency’s goal of “unleashing the power of data to change lives.”

Written by Divina Paredes29 March 17 07:00

Whirlpool CIO moves 69,000 global employees to Google Apps

Whirlpool CIO Mike Heim is taking IT, and all the other business units, in a new direction. Heim is moving the company, with its 69,000 global employees, to http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247616/4_things_to_do_now_to_get_ready_for_the_Internet_of_Things?. He says the move could transform how Whirlpool employees get work done by increasing real-time collaboration. Indeed, he sees the potential for IT-driven transformation in other areas, too. Here Heim, who joined Whirlpool in May 2012 after 33 years at pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, shares his ideas on leading IT through change.

Written by Mary K. Pratt05 May 14 23:46