David Johns, CIO & Chief Shared Services Officer of Owens Corning

Summary: In this interview, David Johns, the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Owens Corning, a world leader in building materials and composite systems and solutions, discusses World Class IT principle two, Infrastructure, principle three, Project and Portfolio Management, principle four, IT-Business Partnerships, and principle five, External Partnerships, with Metis Strategy. Some of the topics discussed include: Leveraging shared services at Owens Corning Global outsourcing for scalability, expertise, and cost control IT's emphasis on driving revenue The "Bring Your Own Device" policy at Owens Corning Innovation from the global IT team and increasingly tech-savvy workforce Eye on the trends: How virtualization and cloud computing enable mobility, drive cost savings, and expedite deployment capabilities; the productivity gains from video; and consumerization of IT and David’s prediction that IT may eventually no longer provide devices to a company’s employees