Microsoft hires former GE exec to work with health companies in the midst of coronavirus pandemic
The major cloud providers have been competing for the business of health-care companies in recent years, as these stakeholders begin to move to the cloud. Microsoft's strategy has been to offer its services as a partner, and the company repeatedly stresses that it will not compete.
Now, it says, it's seeing increased demand for its services, including the use of its cloud as health-care companies look for ways to engage with their patients remotely. The companyto recruit those who have recently recovered from the virus to donate their plasma. "The job is so difficult for health-care professionals," said Deb Cupp, the company's vice president of enterprise and commercial industries, by phone.So the timing couldn't be better for this hire, and he'll be diving in right away to orient us around what we can do to help."
Cupp said that Microsoft from "Satya [Nadella, its CEO] down" has been prioritizing work to help the Covid-19 response. "It's really been all hands on deck," she said. Microsoft has about 100 corporate vice presidents spanning a range of teams, according to a LinkedIn search.
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