CABOT CORPORATION
IVAN SKERL
TITLE : VICE PRESIDENT , AND CHIEF DIGITAL & INFORMATION OFFICER
LOCATION : BOSTON , USA
Ivan is a business-outcomes focused digital and technology leader helping companies drive growth , profitability and innovation by championing digital transformations and reinventions . He brings global leadership experience with complex companies in the Chemicals , Software , IT , Construction Industrial Services , Oil & Energy , and Higher Education / Research industries . Ivan is serving as the Chief Digital & Information Officer at Cabot Corporation where he is leading a digital journey transforming Cabot ’ s business , operating , digital and technology models . Additionally , Ivan is an entrepreneur / co-founder of a nichehospitality SaaS provider , and has advised boards internationally .
Cabot RENEW , Optimising Without Bias Rejecting the solutions-based approach , Cabot renew , as they refer to it , aims to optimise without bias . As Skerl explains , “ We are looking to change the ways of working , ways to optimise and become more effective , more efficient , more automated in our business operations . The way we are doing this is multifold . As part of our renewal efforts , we have a Transformation Management Office ( TMO ) that takes a global look across Cabot , across all geographies ,
functions , segments , and business units to identify opportunities for improvement . Some of those may have digital components , and some of them may be structural or policy , or process driven .
“ Many do , however , have a digital component , and that benefits us in two ways . One is from digitisation and improving the maturity and capability on the digital side . And the other is by driving the actual improvement on the business process side . We are looking at it from the perspective of
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