COLIN PARRIS's guest appearances

COLIN PARRIS

PCMag - The Convo with Evan Dashevsky

IT Visionaries

Innovation Matters

Alex Mashinsky

John Gray

Joanna Angel

Scott Clark

Todd Olson

Paul English

Emmanuel Schalit

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Eric Anderson

Hod Lipson

Tim Campos

Kate Darling

Sean Carroll

John Davis

Michael Shermer

OwlTail

Industrial equipment lasts for decades, and the data produced by these machines are invaluable to the organizations that rely on them. So what happens when industries that rely on industrial equipment, with on-location workers, and limited digital reliance face a pandemic and limited to no travel. “I had a CEO of one of the big utilities [companies] telling me, he taught, given the last discussions he had with his leaders, that it would take five to six years to do digital transformation. When COVID started last year, they did a lot of what they thought would take five years in five weeks. It worked, so now the question is can you continue doing it?”Colin Parris is the SVP and CTO of GE Digital, a billion dollar software division dedicated to creating better outcomes using the immense data produced by industrial machines.At GE, Coliin leads software, systems, and analytics teams to push the boundaries of how data can power industrial digital transformation. On this episode of IT Visionaries, Colin explains one of the ways GE Digital is transforming industries with their digital twins program. He explains exactly how digital twins is helping factories effectively predict the lifetime of machines, maintenance schedules, and predictive optimum yields all with an eye towards safety to ensure their plants stay up and running. Colin also touches on the importance of gathering data at the edge and the impact that kind of computing will have on efficiency.Main TakeawaysMeasuring Success and Proving Value: Measuring success or measuring value from data and analytics is a difficult proposition. A best practice for measuring value is to set a baseline and make sure that you pick the right tool to advance your use case. Then you can measure that baseline to provide the value of those investments to gain the credibility to advance your analytics.It’s a Balancing Act: When you are measuring your data and setting baselines, you must be using both data at the edge and cloud-based data to predict the life expectancy of a system. When you manage data locally, you are consistently setting benchmarks with your local products, and then by sending that data to the cloud, you’re allowing your systems in other areas to use that data to then prevent potential problems.Industrial Problems: The two biggest issues currently facing the industrial industry right now are decarbonization, reducing a factory’s carbon footprint and cyber security, protecting that software that manages and runs their machines. The software that runs inside machines now must not only be able to predict when a machine might need maintenance, but that software must make sure the machine is not only safe and secure, but keeps it running efficiently in order to help it’s sustainability efforts.IT Visionaries is brought to you by the Salesforce Platform - the #1 cloud platform for digital transformation of every experience. Build connected experiences, empower every employee, and deliver continuous innovation - with the customer at the center of everything you do. Learn more at salesforce.com/platform

Industrial equipment lasts for decades, and the data produced by these machines are invaluable to the organizations that rely on them. So what happens when industries that rely on industrial equipment, with on-location workers, and limited digital reliance face a pandemic and limited to no travel. “I had a CEO of one of the big utilities [companies] telling me, he taught, given the last discussions he had with his leaders, that it would take five to six years to do digital transformation. When COVID started last year, they did a lot of what they thought would take five years in five weeks. It worked, so now the question is can you continue doing it?”<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinparris" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Colin Parris</a> is the SVP and CTO of <a href="https://www.ge.com/digital/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GE Digital</a>, a billion dollar software division dedicated to creating better outcomes using the immense data produced by industrial <a href="http://machines.At" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">machines.At</a> GE, Coliin leads software, systems, and analytics teams to push the boundaries of how data can power industrial digital transformation. On this episode of IT Visionaries, Colin explains one of the ways GE Digital is transforming industries with their digital twins program. He explains exactly how digital twins is helping factories effectively predict the lifetime of machines, maintenance schedules, and predictive optimum yields all with an eye towards safety to ensure their plants stay up and running. Colin also touches on the importance of gathering data at the edge and the impact that kind of computing will have on efficiency.Main Takeaways<ul><li>Measuring Success and Proving Value: Measuring success or measuring value from data and analytics is a difficult proposition. A best practice for measuring value is to set a baseline and make sure that you pick the right tool to advance your use case. Then you can measure that baseline to provide the value of those investments to gain the credibility to advance your analytics.</li><li>It’s a Balancing Act: When you are measuring your data and setting baselines, you must be using both data at the edge and cloud-based data to predict the life expectancy of a system. When you manage data locally, you are consistently setting benchmarks with your local products, and then by sending that data to the cloud, you’re allowing your systems in other areas to use that data to then prevent potential problems.</li><li>Industrial Problems: The two biggest issues currently facing the industrial industry right now are decarbonization, reducing a factory’s carbon footprint and cyber security, protecting that software that manages and runs their machines. The software that runs inside machines now must not only be able to predict when a machine might need maintenance, but that software must make sure the machine is not only safe and secure, but keeps it running efficiently in order to help it’s sustainability efforts.</li></ul>IT Visionaries is brought to you by the Salesforce Platform - the #1 cloud platform for digital transformation of every experience. Build connected experiences, empower every employee, and deliver continuous innovation - with the customer at the center of everything you do. Learn more at <a href="https://www.salesforce.com/products/platform/overview/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">salesforce.com/platform</a>

Putting Industrial Data to Work with GE Digital CTO, Colin Parris

“You incur an even greater risk by doing nothing.” How does digital transformation interact with innovation? In today’s episode of Innovation Matters, Brian Regan welcomes Colin Parris to the show. Colin is the Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at GE Digital, the GE subsidiary focused on industrial automation software and services. Colin offers a fascinating view of what he sees as the three components of innovation: adaptability, sustainability and creativity. He also describes how he sees risk and failure as playing an integral role in innovation and how businesses can best use data in their innovation journey. 

“You incur an even greater risk by doing nothing.” How does digital transformation interact with innovation? In today’s episode of Innovation Matters, Brian Regan welcomes Colin Parris to the show. Colin is the Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at GE Digital, the GE subsidiary focused on industrial automation software and services. Colin offers a fascinating view of what he sees as the three components of innovation: adaptability, sustainability and creativity. He also describes how he sees risk and failure as playing an integral role in innovation and how businesses can best use data in their innovation journey.

Innovation and Digital Transformation, with Colin Parris, SVP and CTO of GE Digital

Skynet Is Actually Real (But Hopefully Won't Try to Destroy Us) In this episode of The Convo, we speak with Dr. Colin Parris, VP of General Electric's software research division. We talk about the cutting edge of AI, the invisible force that literally keeps civilization running. New "digital twin" technologies show how advanced AI is even developing what could be described as "an imagination." We talk about how society should prepare for a new world in which machines take on more and more responsibilities. Get ready, humans. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PCMag Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PCMag Gawk at our photos on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pcmagofficial Get our latest tips and tricks on Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/pcmag

Skynet Is Actually Real (But Hopefully Won't Try to Destroy Us) In this episode of The Convo, we speak with Dr. Colin Parris, VP of General Electric's software research division. We talk about the cutting edge of AI, the invisible force that literally keeps civilization running. New "digital twin" technologies show how advanced AI is even developing what could be described as "an imagination." We talk about how society should prepare for a new world in which machines take on more and more responsibilities. Get ready, humans. Like us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PCMag" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/PCMag</a> Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/PCMag" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/PCMag</a> Gawk at our photos on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pcmagofficial" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/pcmagofficial</a> Get our latest tips and tricks on Pinterest: <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pcmag" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.pinterest.com/pcmag</a>

VP of Software Research at General Electric, DR. COLIN PARRIS on building a real Skynet