Chairman & CEO of Ogilvy and Head of Enterprise Strategy for Amazon Web Services Headline Avasant CIO Digital Connect in New York
Summary
John Seifert, Chairman and CEO of Ogilvy & Mather North America gave a keynote speech on driving digital innovation in traditional businesses, and drove home the importance of continuous reinvention based on trust as the cornerstone for competitiveness in the face of disruptive change.We are glad to see our perspectives being validated by market leaders such as Ogilvy & Mather, Amazon Web Services, Capgemini, and by leading clients who are already reaping the benefits of digital transformation.” “As cloud computing becomes the new normal for IT, companies from across all industries and sizes realize the benefits cloud delivers and the resulting transformation that occurs extends beyond the IT organization,” said Stephen Orban, Head of Enterprise Strategy, Amazon Web Services, Inc. “Enterprises are transforming entire businesses by utilizing AWS to focus on delivering innovative, globally available solutions to their customers instead of managing infrastructure.” R. Arun Kumar, SVP and Head of Strategic Global Sales for Application Services at Capgemini emphasized that, “Cloud-delivered services is a disruptive trend that’s accelerating the shift to digital while reducing the importance of labor and location in the overall costs mix.” Other distinguished speakers at the event included: Kenneth Adler, Partner & Chair, Technology & Outsourcing, Loeb & Loeb; Joel Binn, Senior Director, Department of Sanitation, City of New York; Lanny Cohen, Global CTO, Capgemini; Lorraine Cichowski, CIO, Associated Press; Albert Eng, Managing Director, M&A and Corporate Development, TIAA-CREF; Misha Ghosh, Head of Product Development & Innovation, MasterCard; and Ned May, Senior Vice President, Research, HfS.We are glad to see our perspectives being validated by market leaders such as Ogilvy & Mather, Amazon Web Services, Capgemini, and by leading clients who are already reaping the benefits of digital transformation.”“As cloud computing becomes the new normal for IT, companies from across all industries and sizes realize the benefits cloud delivers and the resulting transformation that occurs extends beyond the IT organization,” said Stephen Orban, Head of Enterprise Strategy, Amazon Web Services, Inc. “Enterprises are transforming entire businesses by utilizing AWS to focus on delivering innovative, globally available solutions to their customers instead of managing infrastructure.”R.More than a million customers, including fast-growing startups, large enterprises, and government agencies across 190 countries, rely on AWS services to innovate quickly, lower IT costs and scale applications globally.For more information, visit www.capgemini.com.About AvasantWith its headquarters in Los Angeles, California, Avasant is a leading management consulting firm providing digital transformation, sourcing advisory and globalization services to Fortune 1000 clients around the world.