GE has appointed Ganesh Bell as the chief digital officer and general manager of Commercial Software and Analytics for the Power & Water business.
In this newly created leadership role, Bell will be responsible for the development of GE Power & Water’s digital channels to market and shape the long-term software strategy across the portfolio.
Bell will lead and drive the vision, roadmap and development of GE Power & Water’s software and analytics product portfolio, pairing the company’s world-class digital capabilities with its world-class hardware capabilities.
This new business-wide digital commercial initiative will deliver new offerings that enhance customer experiences with GE’s products and services while at the same time creating new value streams.
GE created the new role to develop and market innovative analytical tools and software applications that extend and enhance the life of products and services, said Steve Bolze, president and CEO of GE Power & Water.
Bell has held several leadership positions in strategy, products, engineering and marketing across a mix of large industry leaders, startups and fast growth companies to IPO. Recently, he served as executive vice president, GM and chief products officer at ServiceSource.
Prior to ServiceSource, Bell held key positions at SAP including vice president of Product Strategy & Management for the business intelligence & technology platform group, and vice president of Portfolio Strategy in the Office of the CEO. Bell also held leadership positions across PeopleSoft, J.D. Edwards and YOUcentric.
Bell said GE is leveraging breakthroughs in Big Data, Cloud and Internet of Things to develop their Industrial Internet solutions that optimize growing network of machines and people for business performance.
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