Karthik focuses on business operations to drive operating strategy, cadences, and discipline across GE Digital, strategic programs that span across multiple functions to drive execution collaboratively and establishing a foundation of operational excellence to continually improve how we build, sell, and service products. He also has responsibilities for GE Digital’s Information Technology and Tools to drive simplification and productivity. In addition, Karthik serves on the Steering Committee of the Industrial Internet Consortium. Prior to this role, Karthik was the COO for the Predix Platform organization, where he drove strategy, operational excellence, and execution for the broader platform team. Karthik joined GE Digital from PayPal where he led business planning and operations as part of the Office of CEO integrating functions, P&L’s, and product lines to drive a unified set of objectives and roadmap.