MOTOR OIL
“ It ’ s an industry that needs to change and with COVID this has been magnified and accelerated ”
NICK GIANNAKAKIS , CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER , MOTOR OIL
Giannakakis says that although COVID- 19 has certainly accelerated all these processes , the need to do this already existed . “ The challenges in the energy and oil and gas industries were already there . It ’ s an industry that needs to change and with COVID this has been magnified and accelerated ,” says Giannakakis .
“ At the same time you have two frontiers : you have to keep the business going with the new reality , while not losing time regarding the digital transformation .”
Strong partnerships have been vital for this . “ I ’ ve always been a big believer in having relevant partner ecosystems ,” he says . “ Companies like ours , who are manufacturing and retail companies , cannot focus on technology ourselves , because it ’ s not part of our mandate . We need to have a partner ecosystem around us to help us scale up and provide us with the relevant innovation in the areas and the priorities that we set . It ’ s exactly what we have done both before and during the crisis .”
He explains that having partners in various sectors help them to have the right focus and pilot new systems . “ It ’ s good for us to be able to go with a swift pilot to learn and have a partner at the same time ready to scale it up . We need to be able to combine the
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