Life at GE : Careers : GE
I've only been in the new role at GE Healthcare for a few weeks, so I'll answer this about my previous role at GE Energy, Power and Water - Renewables. My role was created when I stepped into it two years ago. Taking on a role that is new to the organization is always exciting for me. In this role, I've been able to develop IT strategies for and across the business teams I partner with. This has been a great opportunity and has really helped me to develop influencing skills.
In college, I had several internships, one of which was with GE. The best thing about GE then and today is that I continue to be amazed at the caliber of talent at GE. I have found that GE employees are eager to get the solution right and committed to working together to solve problems. This is the main reason I joined GE and one of the many reasons I am still working for GE today.
In earlier roles, I focused on two key areas: 1) Increasing my technical depth and 2) broadening my business exposure by supporting as many functions and business processes as possible. Extensive knowledge of Finance and Supply Chain from my past roles has made my current role a great fit!
Several years ago, I led a project to replace an outdated version of Oracle ERP that was being used to purchase more than $4 billion of direct material for GE Energy. The initial implementation was one of the first at GE Energy and was a complicated transition for the business. After successfully obtaining the leadership commitment for change, I led an 18-month project with many complexities, both technically and organizationally. The skills, lessons and experience I gained on that project will be with me for the rest of my career.
Since college, I have always found database design to be an interesting and useful subject area. I find it fascinating that the usability and performance of an application can be optimized with a good database design. When faced with critical outages or performance issues, I have found that this knowledge has been very helpful to me over the years.
Be a sponge. Every person has something to offer; try your best to learn from everyone you have the opportunity to meet.
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