Vodafone Technology is in the vanguard of telecommunications . CIDO Scott Petty speaks of new commercial opportunities and added social responsibility
VODAFONE
Vodafone Technology is in the vanguard of telecommunications . CIDO Scott Petty speaks of new commercial opportunities and added social responsibility
As part of a newly created integrated European-wide Technology team , Chief Digital & Information Officer in Vodafone Technology , Scott Petty , spearheads the drive towards Vodafone becoming a New Generation Telco . Petty is championing a common approach to IT and digitalisation , helping to support a global product operating model through standardisation , simplification and leveraging Vodafone ’ s considerable internal talent .
As CIDO , Petty ’ s organisation is responsible for the launch of new products and services , driving increases in velocity and speed and leveraging new development capabilities and platforms to make sure they drive growth .
New Gen Telco Regarded as a digital enabler for society and becoming more prevalent throughout the COVID-19 pandemic , Vodafone plays a critical role in enabling digital services for consumers , the economy and the public sector .
Petty is proud of the role Vodafone has played in keeping economies connected and functioning well : “ In these difficult times , we are taking the opportunity to build platforms that move beyond connectivity . We have the world ' s leading connectivity services platform for IoT , which connects things to our network . Not just on the Vodafone footprint but everywhere around the world . Equally in Africa , we ' ve built a fantastic financial services capability around M-Pesa , connecting people and allowing money transfer and transactions for unbanked Africans to leverage those services . Another example is Vodapay in South Africa , which is a partnership with AliPay , where we launched a super app and lifestyle services , as well as financial management for customers on the Vodacom network , so even customers on with other operators can access a new set of lifestyle and digital services that ultimately grows our customer base . So we have a couple of good examples where that platform strategy is working . Our focus now is how do we extend that further into new areas like 5G and to mobile edge computing ( MEC ) and new services we ' ll be launching over the future .”
Building a high-performing international team Part of Vodafone ’ s digital enabler strategy , Petty has overseen the shift from a market by market model to a single technology team across Europe - incorporating networks , digital and cybersecurity . In the product development areas , Petty ’ s responsibility is to lead the digital and IT teams ; bringing everyone together to build scaled , shared platforms , reusing code and capabilities and ensuring the business moves at pace to launch new services at speed across all of their footprint .
“ It ' s a large team of about 15,000 people across our organisation . We run a mixture of onshore , people in our markets very close to our customers , developing solutions for our
62 January 2022