What Happened?
Fairfield, CT-based General Electric hired John Lee as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
General Electric is the worlds Digital Industrial Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. GE is organized around a global exchange of knowledge, the GE Store, through which each business shares and accesses the same technology, markets, structure and intellect. Each invention further fuels innovation and application across our industrial sectors. With people, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes for customers by speaking the language of industry.
About the Person
John co-founded TeleMedia Strategy Group after a long and distinguished career encompassing strategy development, business consulting, product development, market launch, operations, engineering, and technical support of telecommunications service providers. He is a visionary technologist, respected author, patent-pending innovator, and subject matter expert in development and integration of business and operational support systems (B/OSS), workforce management (WFM), network management systems (NMS), and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems utilizing TMF, NGOSS, and other industry standard models. John has held executive positions with: 1) major Communications Service Providers (CSPs), 2) leading Systems Integrators (SIs), and 3) Independent Software Vendors (ISVs); including Amdocs, GTE (now Verizon), AT&T, CapRock Communications (acquired by McLeod), Netvoice Technologies, Viryanet, Wang Global, and FieldDispatch.com (acquired by One Network Enterprises). These experience give him a unique perspective (and capability) for the communications industry and its evolution. Prior to TSG, John was Vice President of Strategy, Service Management (OSS), and Digital Services for Amdocs Consulting Division. While with Amdocs, John helped lead the corporate OSS penetration strategy that resulted in the $375M acquisition of Cramer Systems and was on the acquisition team when Amdocs acquired Bridgewater. Amdocs was subsequently named the top OSS company in the world by OSS Observer. In addition, John also led concept, design, and requirements definition for an advanced NGOSS process orchestration tool that eventually became Amdocs B/OSS Manager and generated over $350M in revenues. John is the author of “Integrating Service Level Agreements: Optimizing Your OSS for SLA Delivery”, published by John Wiley and Sons (available on Amazon.com). In 2010, he was the inventor and primary patent applicant for his invention: “Digital Download Certification”. John's work with start-up companies and divisions directly contributed to the initial public offerings (IPOs) of CapRock Communications (CLEC) and Viryanet (WFM), in addition to the private equity sale of FieldDispatch.com
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