Wärtsilä introduces dedicated organisation to drive digital transformation
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 29 May 2017 at 10 am EET
The technology group Wärtsilä is currently implementing a digital transformation
to become a data led, insights driven, and agile technology company dedicated to
taking a leadership role in the smart marine and smart energy ecosystems
throughout their entire lifecycle. The aim is to increase efficiency while
enabling a zero emissions society.
Following the appointment of Chief Digital Officer (CDO) and Executive Vice-
President Marco Ryan in September 2016, Wärtsilä has taken several actions to
speed up the developments achieved during the last decade. The focus is on
future technology, notably the use of artificial intelligence, data analytics,
open platforms, block chain and cyber security, as well as on creating new
business models. Wärtsilä's leadership position in these ecosystems will be
built on its unique market position, which is based on deep customer
understanding, predictive analytics and asset optimization skills, a global
service network, an extensive product range, and engineering and technology
expertise.
"Digital disruption is already affecting the energy and marine sectors and will
do so increasingly in the future. We are building on decades of expertise in
digital development and accelerating the pace at which we build new digital
solutions, services and opportunities for our customers. Wärtsilä's recent
acquisitions of Eniram and Greensmith demonstrate Wärtsilä's ambitions and
active role in helping its customers to benefit from smart technology
initiatives," says Marco Ryan.
To accelerate this digital transformation, Wärtsilä has recruited a highly
qualified digital leadership team, and has established a new digital
organisation with more than 400 existing Wärtsilä employees.
Ms Selina Heiska has been appointed as Vice President, Digital Transformation
and is responsible for leading the culture change programme and transformation
communications teams. Selina joins Wärtsilä from Capgemini, where her title was
Director, Digital.
Mr Mikko Tepponen has been appointed as Vice President, Digital Portfolio
Management. He is responsible for Wärtsilä's digital service portfolio and its
development. Previously Tepponen led the Wärtsilä Services' digitalisation team.
Mr Toby White has been appointed as Vice President, Digital Engineering as of
12 June, and in this role he leads software engineering, emerging technologies
and asset management. Toby joins Wärtsilä from GlobalData where he has acted as
Group Chief Technology Officer, CTO.
As part of the Digital transformation, particular emphasis is being given to
cyber security. Accordingly, the cyber security team is being considerably
strengthened across Cyber Assurance, Cyber Operations, Cyber Policy, Information
security and Cyber-as-a Service. The key appointments so far made include Mr
Andrew Ross as Director, Cyber Assurance and Mr Kim Eklund as Director, Cyber-
as-a-Service.
In addition, newly appointed Heads of Digital will be responsible for furthering
digital initiatives and strategies in each of the business divisions. Mr Andrea
Morgante has been appointed Head of Digital in Marine Solutions, and Mr Saku
Mäihäniemi as Head of Digital in Services as of 1 June. Heiska, Tepponen, White,
Morgante and Mäihäniemi will be part of Wärtsilä's digital management team, led
by the CDO, Marco Ryan.
Wärtsilä has already announced two additional Vice President positions in the
digital organisation and will announce dozens of new vacancies in 2017,
including other management positions.
In addition to building a dedicated organisation, Wärtsilä is also encouraging
all of the company's employees to personally drive the digital transformation.
In May 2017 500 Wärtsilä colleagues from 33 countries, along with the Board of
Management, attended an internal event in Munich, Germany to kick-off the next
chapter in Wärtsilä's digital journey.
To develop digital services and products in a more agile way, Wärtsilä will
launch digital acceleration centres globally. In the centres, Wärtsilä takes
promising ideas and transforms them into service concepts and products, co-
creating the solutions with customers and partners.
Link to image
Caption: Chief Digital Officer & Executive Vice-President Marco Ryan empowers
Wärtsilä colleagues to embrace the change
Media contacts:
Mr Marco Ryan
Chief Digital Officer & Executive Vice-President
Wärtsilä Corporation
Tel: +358 10 709 0000
marco.ryan(at)wartsila.com
Ms Mikaela Terhi
Manager, Digital Communications
Wärtsilä Corporation
Tel: +358 10 709 5141
mikaela.terhi(at)wartsila.com
Wärtsilä in brief:
Wärtsilä is a global leader in advanced technologies and complete lifecycle
solutions for the marine and energy markets. By emphasising sustainable
innovation and total efficiency, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and
economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers. In 2016,
Wärtsilä's net sales totalled EUR 4.8 billion with approximately 18,000
employees. The company has operations in over 200 locations in more than 70
countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.
www.wartsila.com
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Source: Wärtsilä Oyj Abp via GlobeNewswire
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Datum: 29.05.2017 - 09:00 Uhr
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