- Naresh Shanker, Chief Technology Officer, was interviewed by Forbes magazine
- Previous to Xerox was CIO of Palm Computing and Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- “What intrigued me was that I have the unique opportunity to transform and revitalize the Xerox brand and business from a business operating model and a digital transformation perspective so that it is easy for customers to engage”
February 9th,
o “to transform the product portfolio across the workplace solution landscape, the graphics landscape, and all of the new sciences that will help us transcend the print franchise” - “in the areas of packaging, there are new sciences around direct object printing, in-line marking, and the digital print and packaging side that are adjacencies to the core business”
- “In the Internet of Things [IoT] space, we are building a range of sensors. You are going to hear more about the technology in the sensor space, predominantly around what we have done, which is the detection of hazardous gases and food and drug spoilage.”
- “we have developed a hyperspectral camera, which can do a decomposition of color that detects the changes in materials or the changes in preservatives”
- “We are looking to launch our first set of products in that space (artificial intelligence)”
- “makes it extraordinarily exciting for us to broaden our portfolio beyond the print franchise into all of the new sciences that we think we can effectively get to market and go to market with in 2020”
- “In IT, we have built a new organization called Xerox Digital Experience”
o “We have developed a strategy that over the next three to five years, we are going to be transforming the company at many different levels”
o “This includes everything from how our customers interact with us, all of the sales experiences, and all of the back-office operations, such as supply chain operations, financial flows, procurement flows, and human capital management activities”
o “We have to completely deconstruct and reconstruct the strategy in terms of our transformation work”
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