Johnson & Johnson Pivots Its AI Strategy
The company is making a shift to focus on only the highest-value GenAI use cases and shut down pilots that were redundant or underdelivering
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The Human Side of Tech-Enabled Healthcare
For decades, doctors, scientists, and engineers developing new treatments and advanced medical technologies have faced seemingly insurmountable challenges: diseases that are difficult to detect, injuries that can be only partially healed by available surgeries, and conditions without effective cures.
Today, health and tech partnerships are changing all that.
Today, health and tech partnerships are changing all that.
How pharmaceutical companies are training their workers on AI
Johnson & Johnson is embracing the concept of a bilingual employee — but not in the classic sense.
For the pharmaceutical company, literacy is needed in specialized and core job skills, including research, supply chain, and finance. Then there's fluency in AI technology.
For the pharmaceutical company, literacy is needed in specialized and core job skills, including research, supply chain, and finance. Then there's fluency in AI technology.
Will AI Replace Healthcare Workers? No, But It Will Turn Them Into Tech Workers
AI will transform healthcare workers into tech workers in the next few years. The industry will no longer rely solely on medical pedigree but rather on how clinicians and other healthcare workers understand and apply technology to the work they do.
This skills transformation, and the creation of an AI-powered organization, will require a new model for education and hiring for the healthcare industry.
This dynamic panel will explore ways the healthcare workforce will evolve in the next few year...
This skills transformation, and the creation of an AI-powered organization, will require a new model for education and hiring for the healthcare industry.
This dynamic panel will explore ways the healthcare workforce will evolve in the next few year...
Johnson & Johnson named among Forbes’ best employers for tech workers 2024
At Johnson & Johnson, technology is at the heart of everything we do to advance human health. That’s why we are proud to announce that Johnson & Johnson has been named to Forbes’ inaugural America’s Best Employers for Tech Workers 2024 list, earning recognition as the only healthcare company ranked among the top 15 employers.This honor reinforces our commitment to fostering an environment where technology professionals can thrive, grow, and make a meaningful impact on patients’ lives around the...
6 ways Johnson & Johnson is using AI to help advance healthcare
Using artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare may seem cutting edge, but the technology has actually been around for decades. Research suggests the earliest incarnation of AI—the simulation of human intelligence in computers—dates back to the 1950s. Granted, the limitations of early models prevented widespread acceptance, not to mention application, in the world of medicine.By the early 2000s, however, AI began to make good on its early promise. Healthcare workers could use AI to screen for d...
J&J @ SXSW 2024
Short reel about J&J's participation at SXSW 2024.
Commerce NJ Magazine
Article on J&J's innovation legacy in New Jersey by Diane Walsh.
CIO 100 Award
Senior Vice President of the Office of Enterprise Data & Technology Solutions
SXSW 2023 Schedule
At J&J, we believe good health is the foundation of vibrant lives, thriving communities and forward progress. And as the world’s largest and most broadly-based health care company, we are committed to using our reach and size for good. We strive to improve access and affordability, create healthier communities, and put a healthy mind, body and environment within reach of everyone, everywhere. We are blending our heart, science and ingenuity to profoundly impact health for humanity.
Chatbots say Artificial Intelligence Could Transform Healthcare (and They Should Know)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the future of healthcare – at least, that’s according to intelligent chatbots that understand messages and context to generate human-like responses. Healthcare experts will join ChatGPT, serving as a “panelist,” to discuss the merit of opinions produced by AI and share their own perspectives on how health and tech companies are practically unlocking the potential impact of AI and machine learning technology to improve health for humanity.
This dynamic debate will
This dynamic debate will
Partnering with our customers to deliver energy to the world
As part of Gastech 2019, executives from Bechtel’s Oil, Gas & Chemicals (OG&C) business unit spoke with energy reporters about the company’s role in the current LNG market and its contributions to the broader energy sector.
Bechtel’s focus on collaboration, together with innovative approaches to productivity enhancements and workforce development, has allowed our customers to complete 15 large-scale LNG trains in just five years – enough energy for more than 85 million households per year. In f
Bechtel’s focus on collaboration, together with innovative approaches to productivity enhancements and workforce development, has allowed our customers to complete 15 large-scale LNG trains in just five years – enough energy for more than 85 million households per year. In f
Improving Safety on Construction Sites with XR
According to the International Labour Organization, more than 340 million occupational accidents are reported each year around the world. Statistics show the construction industry has a disproportionately high rate of recorded accidents in comparison to other industries.
Throughout the engineering, procurement, and construction industry, including Bechtel, many are beginning to explore new ways to overcome these health and safety challenges on jobsites. Extended reality is one of the fastest gr
Throughout the engineering, procurement, and construction industry, including Bechtel, many are beginning to explore new ways to overcome these health and safety challenges on jobsites. Extended reality is one of the fastest gr
CIO Celebrates Innovations in Business Technology with 2023 CIO 100 & Hall of Fame Awards
Boston, MA, March 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Foundry’s – the executive-level IT media brand providing insight into business technology leadership – is pleased to recognize the 2023 CIO 100 award winners and Hall of Fame inductees. Winners, attendees, and the industry at-large will come together this summer at the CIO 100 Symposium & Awards on August 14th-16th at the Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA to celebrate and recognize visionary, compassionate, and collaborative IT leaders.
CIOs Contend With Pushback on AI Rollouts
Attendees at the AI Summit New York in December. Artificial intelligence has a mixed track record in the corporate world, much of it due to a lack of foundational data to train the algorithms and high-flown ideas about what it can accomplish.
Corporate technology leaders are having to work for organizational buy-in on artificial intelligence after years of mixed results and confusion over what the technology can actually do.
Overall enterprise adoption of AI has grown threefold since 2019 as a
Corporate technology leaders are having to work for organizational buy-in on artificial intelligence after years of mixed results and confusion over what the technology can actually do.
Overall enterprise adoption of AI has grown threefold since 2019 as a
J&J CIO Jim Swanson: Current IT Projects and Best Career Advice
Ask Johnson & Johnson EVP and CIO Jim Swanson what he’s working on and he’ll recite a long list of projects. The list is probably way too long for most people to keep in their heads, let alone lead and manage. It includes IT-specific projects, such as data science and automation, sure, but also building technology into the mission of Johnson & Johnson and healthcare itself.
“We have an amazing CEO who is really thinking about technology as the core of the company,” Swanson says. “We work togeth
“We have an amazing CEO who is really thinking about technology as the core of the company,” Swanson says. “We work togeth
The Next Digital Revolution Underway: Fewer Workers Left Behind
“No worker left behind” in the age of digital and artificial intelligence sounds like an admirable goal, and perhaps a bit unrealistic, especially if revenues tighten and management sees fit to keep automating greater parts of its operations. But there are some forward-looking organizations that do seek to better prepare their people to participate in the digital revolution — people well beyond the bounds of information technology departments.
The past three years have seen a huge rush to digit
The past three years have seen a huge rush to digit
Best Places to Work in IT 2023
What makes an organization a great place for technology professionals to work? Top salaries, benefits, and other perks are important, but so are opportunities to learn new skills, a flexible work environment, and a corporate culture that values diversity and teamwork.
Computerworld publisher Foundry surveyed large, midsize, and small organizations to discover the top employers for our 29th annual Best Places to Work in IT report. While in past years the survey has been offered only to US-based
Computerworld publisher Foundry surveyed large, midsize, and small organizations to discover the top employers for our 29th annual Best Places to Work in IT report. While in past years the survey has been offered only to US-based
and Bechtel host first series of LNG demonstrations in the Rio Grande Valley
NextDecade and Bechtel successfully launched the first series of LNG demonstrations for the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) in October 2019. The aim of the sessions was to educate the public on the scientific properties and safety of LNG. During the week, the team presented to two STEM-focused high school groups and five community groups, roughly 300 people total. Community groups included local economic development councils and chambers of commerce, first responders and hospital executives, county emer
Bechtel makes a game of its billion-dollar build projects
Bechtel - which engineered some of Australia’s largest liquefied natural gas projects - is turning to deep learning to sequence the construction of a new breed of multi billion dollar “mega” projects.
The privately held company is little known outside of the resources sector but has been in business about 120 years and has over 50,000 staff worldwide.
Its bread-and-butter is design and construction services for massive projects.
In Australia, it built all three liquefied natural gas (LNG) pla
The privately held company is little known outside of the resources sector but has been in business about 120 years and has over 50,000 staff worldwide.
Its bread-and-butter is design and construction services for massive projects.
In Australia, it built all three liquefied natural gas (LNG) pla
Bechtel makes a game of its billion-dollar build projects
Bechtel - which engineered some of Australia’s largest liquefied natural gas projects - is turning to deep learning to sequence the construction of a new breed of multi billion dollar “mega” projects.
The privately held company is little known outside of the resources sector but has been in business about 120 years and has over 50,000 staff worldwide.
Its bread-and-butter is design and construction services for massive projects.
In Australia, it built all three liquefied natural gas (LNG) pla
The privately held company is little known outside of the resources sector but has been in business about 120 years and has over 50,000 staff worldwide.
Its bread-and-butter is design and construction services for massive projects.
In Australia, it built all three liquefied natural gas (LNG) pla
Bechtel Recognized for Innovative Use of Software Robots
Bechtel Recognized for Innovative Use of Software Robots
The company honored by CIO for application of robotic process automation to improve productivity
Bechtel, a global engineering, procurement, and construction leader, has been recognized by CIO, an executive-level tech media brand, as a 2018 CIO100 honoree for its innovative use of robotic process automation (RPA) technology. CIO100 is an annual awards program that recognizes organizations around the world for their innovative and strateg
The company honored by CIO for application of robotic process automation to improve productivity
Bechtel, a global engineering, procurement, and construction leader, has been recognized by CIO, an executive-level tech media brand, as a 2018 CIO100 honoree for its innovative use of robotic process automation (RPA) technology. CIO100 is an annual awards program that recognizes organizations around the world for their innovative and strateg
Bechtel Wins Award for Digital Innovation
The company honored for development of a digital tool crucial to pipeline safety
Bechtel, a global engineering, procurement, and construction leader, has been awarded the prestigious 2018 Digital Edge 50 Award in recognition of its new Pipeline Integrity Management (PIM) tool. With support from Bechtel's Future Fund, an internal incubator which finances development of disruptive technologies, innovators from the Bechtel pipeline business designed the tool to help customers prioritize critical p
Bechtel, a global engineering, procurement, and construction leader, has been awarded the prestigious 2018 Digital Edge 50 Award in recognition of its new Pipeline Integrity Management (PIM) tool. With support from Bechtel's Future Fund, an internal incubator which finances development of disruptive technologies, innovators from the Bechtel pipeline business designed the tool to help customers prioritize critical p
Bechtel Wins Award for Innovative Information Security Program
The company honored for its application of Information Classification and Protection program
Bechtel, a global engineering, procurement, and construction leader, has been recognized by CSO, a premier security media brand providing insight into business risk leadership, as a CSO50 honoree for its innovative implementation of the Information Classification and Security program across the enterprise. The program ensures security of company information and employee awareness of cyber threats and pr
Bechtel, a global engineering, procurement, and construction leader, has been recognized by CSO, a premier security media brand providing insight into business risk leadership, as a CSO50 honoree for its innovative implementation of the Information Classification and Security program across the enterprise. The program ensures security of company information and employee awareness of cyber threats and pr
