General Electric Creates GE Digital, Aims to Integrate Software Center, IT Teams, Wurldtech


09/14/2015



The GE’s Software Center, the expertise of GE’s global IT and commercial software teams, and the industrial security strength of Wurldtech would be integrated by the creation of GE Digital, announcement for which was made by the company on Monday.

This move is being seen as a transformative strategy by the company in an effort to bring together all the digital capabilities from across the company into one organization. The new company would be headed by Bill Ruh, chief digital officer.

“As GE transforms itself to become the world’s premier digital industrial company, this will provide GE’s customers with the best industrial solutions and the software needed to solve real world problems. It will make GE a digital show site and grow our software and analytics enterprise from $6B in 2015 to a top 10 software company by 2020,” said Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO of GE.

“With this alignment – backed by sustained investment – we will accelerate our efforts to build GE’s digital strength and win in the Industrial Internet. We are building the playbook for the new digital industrial world by harnessing our horizontal capabilities including Predix, software design, fulfillment and product management, while also executing critical outcomes for our customers. This is the strength of GE,” He added.

Advancements and customer collaboration would be updated by the company at the Minds & Machines event on September 28-October 1 in San Francisco, CA.

Since 2011, a strong foundation of the software experience of the company is being built by Ruh who has been leading GE’s Software COE. At the Software Center in San Ramon, CA, GE GE has grown to over 1,200 software experts. While harnessing GE's powerful industrial intelligence to deliver better outcomes for customers, Ruh is also leading the team to work on a diverse set of projects that capture the nimbleness of a start-up.

There has also been a series of key changes in the leadership f the company. Russell Stokes will succeed Mark at GE Energy Management as the latter is slated to resign. Russel Stokes, who was with GE Transportation, would be succeeded by Jamie Miller. All of these changes are effective October 1.
Mark Begor, who spent 35 years with GE, began his career at GE in 1980 and was named a company officer in 1996. He was made a senior vice president in the company in 2005. Under Befor, the company had made a turnaround at Energy Management and prepared the company for the Alstom acquisition.

 “I would like to thank Mark for his contributions, dedication and service to GE. I can always count on Mark to deliver and I value him as a friend,” stated Immelt.

 “All of our business leaders will be critical to our success as a digital industrial company and will help lead us through this generational change for GE,” added Immelt.

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