The Rise in Importance of Digital Customer Experience

Joe Locandro, IT Director of Cathay Pacific

Joe Locandro, IT Director of Cathay Pacific

Among other topics, Joe discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

  • How the team defines the “best” technology as it relates to Cathay Pacific’s mission statement, which includes having the best technology in the industry.
  • The rise in importance of digital customer experience, and the rationale behind why IT leaders my be best suited to being a leadership of “digital” rather than the marketing group.
  • The ways in which CIOs can encourage their teams to be more customer centric.
  • Some of the plans around wellness applications.
  • The way in which innovation is managed at Cathay Pacific (rationale behind HR and IT being co-heads of the innovation council) and how new ideas are solicited by the innovation council.
  • Previous work experience and how universal some topics compare across industries and companies (similarities between airlines and the energy industry)
  • Eye on the Trends: Mobility and consumption coming through more and more screens (cars, airplanes, smart TVs) and those changing form factors.  Increasing use of Biometrics

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