The CIO 100 is compiled each year to reveal the 100 most transformative CIOs in the UK business economy. CIOs that are driving business change, process improvement, enabling greater collaboration and innovating in new market opportunities join this exclusive group each year. The technology strategies of the CIOs and their achievements and ambitions towards transformation are judged in comparison to their IT sourcing strategies, vendor influence. The CIOs with the most transformative vision are also judged on their place within the business, have they put technology into the board level position and discussion.
National Grid plc operates and owns the National Grid a UK nationwide high-voltage electricity transmission network. Now a plc on the London Stock Exchange National Grid was once state owned and part of the Transco organisation. It had a market capitalisation of £22 billion in December 2011.
IT Leader: David Lister, CIO
In role since: 2009
Reporting line: Reports to CEO Steve Holliday
Board level seat: Sits on the executive committee
IT estate and or number of log on accounts under the control of the IT leader: 29,000
Level of the workforce that relies on technology to carry out their tasks: Pretty much everyone
IT staff currently employed: 1500
Split between in-house/outsourced staff: 60 per cent outsourced, 40 per cent in house
Primary technology platforms at the organisation: SAP, ClickSoftware, SYCLO, ESRI. All fully integrated as an overall ERP and work management system
Primary technology suppliers: Eco system of partners IBM, WIPRO, HP, Verizon, Xprox, CSC
Strategic aim of the CIO and IT operations for the next financial year: Delivering deployment systems across the UK and US as part of a distribution business
Technologies considered by the leader to offer their organisation potential: Any technologies which help colleagues in the field. Used mainly cloud, virtualisation, analytics
Future transformation and technology vision for the organisation: Hugely dependent on technology as a company to achieve goals of reliability and safety. As the energy sector is changing rapidly need to adapt to meet the demand.
Growing power demand has increased the need for UPS and cooling equipment in data centres
Growing power demand has increased the need for UPS and cooling equipment in data centres
Operators will continue to actively compete in products and services
Operators will continue to actively compete in products and services
Plenty of synergies with existing outsourcing business
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