Anthony A Thomas
Group CIO – GE Global
Anthony A Thomas
| Full Name | Anthony A Thomas |
| Current Designation & Role | Group CIO |
| Current Company Name | GE Global |
| Past Company Names | Vodafone, Citi, EY, .. |
| No of Years in the IT Industry | 25 years |
| City you live in currently and since when | Bangalore, 2015 |
| Native Town/ City you belong | Trivandrum, KeralaTrivandrum, Kerala |
| Mother Tongue | Malayalam |
| Language you are proficient with | English |
| Educational Details | Engineer |
| Awards and Recognitions Received CIO | CIO Power List, CIO 100 Hall of Fame, Linked in Power Profile, etc. |
| Gadgets you love the most and why | Mobile, stay connected |
| What makes you laugh | Most things |
| Current book you are reading and what you love about it | Thinking fast and slow by Daniel Kahneman. It’s a fascinating book on the how of the way think and decide. |
| Books you enjoyed reading the most | Animal Farm by George Orwell. The Godfather by Mario Puzo. Roots by Alex Haley. Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini |
| Software company you admire and why | GE Digital. We are building the future Digital Industrial |
| Hardware company your admire and why | GE. 125 years of build true hardware (Jet Engines, Turbines, etc.) |
| IT personality you admire and why | Jeff Bezos who created ecommerce as we know it |
| Your best moment in your career till date | Every moment was rewarding one way or other. |
| Your best moment in personal life | Birth of my kids |
| Music You Like | Rock, south Indian semi-classic |
| Movies You Like | Too many to name |
| Most Liked Travel Destination | Kerala, most of Africa and India |
| Why do you like your job | Great company, team, lots of challenges mix of internal and customer responsibilities, and above all fun |
| Most favorite quote | The man who has no imagination has no wings.– Muhammad Ali |