ABB appoints Guido Jouret as Chief Digital Officer
ABB has appointed Guido Jouret, a pioneer of the Internet of Things, as chief digital officer effective October 1, 2016. He will report directly to Ulrich Spiesshofer, CEO of ABB. Jouret will drive the development and delivery of ABB's digital solutions for customers globally and across all business areas.
Jouret is a Belgian and US citizen with many years of experience in Silicon Valley. After completing his doctorate in computer science, he worked at Cisco for 20 years. Most recently, he was general manager of the Internet of Things business unit, whose mission is to connect billions of devices across virtually all industries to the Internet. Jouret has lived in12 countries, including France, Singapore and the United States, and has served Cisco as IT director for the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions and as the person responsible for the Internet Business Solutions Group.
In 2014, Jouret moved from Cisco to Envision Energy, where he led the software business, including a platform for the emerging "Internet of Energy". From April 2015, he was Chief Technical Officer at Nokia Technologies, in which role he recently successfully completed a major acquisition in digital health technology. Guido Jouret is expected to consolidate ABB's forward-looking technology leadership in integrated control and application software, providing systems and people with ABB technologies.
Jouret will work at ABB's Silicon Valley and Zurich locations.
