A Spot On Career

Some people take a course in college and wind up having a career in a totally different field. For Charlene Begley her career path has been spot on. She obtained her bachelor of science in business administration from the School of Business Administration, University of Vermont in 1988.

That same year she joined GE and her career has been following an upward trajectory ever since. Begley has been assigned and promoted through a number of leadership roles such as vice president for GE Corporate Audit Staff, and president and CEO of a number of GE businesses including GE FANUC Automation, Transportation, Plastics, and Enterprise Solutions.

Begley is now the president and CEO of GE Home & Business Solutions and senior vice president and CIO of GE. On its own GE Home & Business Solutions is a very large enterprise that encompasses business teams of Appliances & Lighting and Intelligent Platforms.  It is a global $8.6 billion business.

Information technology has been looming large in the world of business and its influence has been truly significant; having created such giants as Google which is now a very dominant company.  How information technology is leveraged can be a game changer.  Thus Begley holds a very important position as CIO being responsible for GE’s Information Technology organization.

Begley has spot on career with huge responsibilities and a promising future ahead.