As GE Vernova’s former Chief Technology Officer, Colin Parris led teams that work to leverage technologies and capabilities across GE Vernova to accelerate business impact and create scale advantage for digital transformation. He also champions strategic innovations and identifies and evaluates new, breakthrough technologies and capabilities to accelerate innovative solutions to solve emerging customer problems.  Colin created the Digital Twin Initiative across GE Vernova. 

Colin previously held the position of Vice President, Software and Analytics Research at GE Vernova Research in Niskayuna, NY. 

Prior to joining GE Vernova, Colin worked at IBM where he was an executive for 16 years in roles that spanned research, software development, technology management, and P&L management. He was the Vice President, System Research at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Division, the Vice President Software Development for IBM's largest system software development lab (6,000+ developers worldwide), Vice President of Corporate Technology, and the Vice President and General Manager of IBM Power Systems responsible for the company's $5B+ Unix System and Software business. 

Colin holds a PhD, Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley; an MS from Stanford University; an MS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley and a BS, Electrical Engineering from Howard University.