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Summary: Among other topics, Ken discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:<br> <br> * His multi-staged people assessment and project selection strategies to align business strategy and IT infrastructure in the first few days in his new job<br> * KPIs and the need for business units and IT departments to communicate with and understand each other<br> * The strategies he undertook to build a resilient IT workflow structure needed in a lean organization with many single point of failure possibilities<br> * The unique challenge of blue-printing and institutionalizing a CIO office at a large but extremely dynamic and entrepreneurial organization<br> * Working with Elon Musk and deriving value and insights from other companies in his portfolio<br> * Eye on the trends: Because of security regulations for aerospace companies, SpaceX aims to achieve efficiency and scale by vertically integrating all processes and maintaining full ownership of any solutions developed<br> <br> Ken Venner’s Biography<br> Since January 2012, Ken has been the CIO of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, better known as SpaceX, a company that designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.<br> Prior to his time at SpaceX, Ken was the Executive Vice President, Corporate Services and Chief Information Officer of Broadcom Corporation, a role he held for over a decade. In that role, his purview included Real Estate, Construction, Facilities, Security, Travel, Administrative Services, and all business systems, computing and telecommunications infrastructure.<br> Prior to his time at Broadcom, Ken served as Vice President of Product Management and Chief Information Officer of Rockwell Electronic Commerce. Prior to that, Ken held a number of information sciences and information technology management positions for over 11 years at Lucent Technologies and AT&T Bell Laboratories.<br> Ken received a B.E. from the Stevens Institute of Technology, an M.E. from Carnegie Mellon University and an M.B.A. from New Hampshire College.<br> <br>
