What is it like running a Fortune 500 business? HP’s regional CTO on adopting AI safely and motivating tech teams
Source: Fortune ·
Over the past few months, Fortune has spoken with senior HP leaders to understand how the company is evolving—from innovation and culture to customer engagement and the future of work.
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Over the past two decades, HP has slowly slipped down the Fortune 500 rankings. In 2006, HP sat 11th on Fortune’s list of the largest companies in the U.S. by revenue and was vying with IBM to be the biggest tech company in the country. This year, HP came in at No. 84, and has been overtaken by the likes of Apple, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft. In order to gain ground on its tech competitors, HP is undergoing a change in strategy. “We’re going through a transition,” says Rajendra Sitompoel, HP’s chief technology officer for the Nordics and Benelux regions. “From more of a hardware focus to a solution and experience focus.” In practice, this requires developing a deeper understanding of the challenges clients face and identifying the technologies and services that can help them develop a solution. Here, Sitompoel explains how he’s putting this new strategy into action, the challenges CTOs face in adopting AI safely, and how he keeps his tech teams motivated. This interview has been…