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Interview
Why Good Vendor Relationships are Key to Cloud Success
Ron Guerrier CIO
11m

In a recent survey, four out of five CIOs revealed their cloud efforts have helped their organizations achieve some sort of competitive advantage, while two-thirds say cloud has helped their organization’s efficiency and effectiveness. Many find the move revolutionises the way their business operates. But how do you get started on that journey? And more importantly, how do you build a vendor-relationship that adds long-term value to your cloud initiative?

MeetTheBoss TV’s Ben Thompson caught up with Toyota Financial Services’ CIO Ron Guerrier to find out, and to discover why an organisation’s appetite for cloud adoption depends to a large extent upon its appetite for change.

Ron Guerrier
CIO, Toyota Financial Services

Lead the Business Technology Solutions (BTS) department, and is responsible for defining and driving an information technology agenda that supports business performance and enhances the customer experience. These responsibilities include overseeing the management of existing technologies, development of new technologies and innovative solutions, and insuring appropriate value for IT spend. A member of the TFS Management Committee, the Toyota Motor Credit Corporation (TMCC) Global Information Technology Steering Committee (GITSC), and the North America Information Technology (NAIT) Group.