CIO & LEADER-November 2017 (1)

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Insight Girish Rao Appointed As Future Group's Transformation Head Veteran technology leader Girish Rao has been appointed as the Chief Digital Transformation Officer of retail major Future Group. He will drive transformation initiatives across the group. Rao was earlier the Head - IT of FMCG company Marico where he served for more than a decade. Rao has been a member of the NEXT100 jury for last few years. Reliance Brands Has A New CTO P K X Thomas has taken over as Chief Technology Officer at Reliance Lifestyle Holdings Limited (Reliance Brands). An e-commerce industry veteran, he has served in companies such as Hpscotch, Cleartrip and had had an earlier stint with Reliance Brands itself. Archana Deskus is HPE’s New Global CIO Over the past several months, HPE has communicated a lot about HPE Next, a company-wide initiative that will architect a purpose-built company designed to compete and win in the markets where we participate. A key part of this program is a set of critical investments towards driving innovation, enhancing our go-to-market, and improving our business processes. And a key enabler of all of this will be our investments in IT. Archana Deskus will drive HPE's IT strategy. For the past four years, Archie was CIO at Baker Hughes where she transformed their IT organization into a strategic business partner, while delivering operational performance and business value. Prior to Baker Hughes, she held CIO roles at Ingersoll- Rand, Timex Corporation, and United Technologies Corporation 30 CIO&LEADER | November 2017

OPINION Peanut Butter and Jelly Finding the simple basics of Computer Science with the power to change lives By Karen Panetta 32 CIO&LEADER | November 2017

OPINION<br />

Peanut Butter<br />

and Jelly<br />

Finding the simple basics of Computer Science<br />

with the power to change lives<br />

By Karen Panetta<br />

32 <strong>CIO</strong>&<strong>LEADER</strong> | <strong>November</strong> <strong>2017</strong>

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