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General Electric Co.’s hiring spree in Southeast Michigan is anchored by local talent experienced in information technology. About 90 percent of the center’s 700 employees at its Advanced Manufacturing and Software Technology Center in Van Buren Township hail from Michigan. The company is hiring about 10 IT professionals a week, and by 2013, the Van Buren facility is expected to house the largest concentration of GE IT employees in the world.

GE announced that it’s opening a new Information Security Technology Center that will specialize in cyber security. For GE’s IT experts, it’s part of a broad-based effort to ensure that GE systems and security teams stay ahead of a rapidly changing, constantly evolving technology landscape. For Glen Allen, Virginia, which is just north of Richmond, it means jobs, as the high-tech hub will grow to roughly 200 employees over the next few years.

With the help of the Government of Ontario, the energy giant’s Canadian division will open a smart grid tech and energy management testing centre next year in Markham, Ont. Plus, the company will hire nearly 150 new positions, including software developers.

Andrea’s passion for Information Technology (IT) runs deep, but her rise to success is not your ordinary story. Just 22 years ago, she started her career as a rocket scientist at a defense manufacturing company in the United Kingdom. Bored with the cold mathematics of that role, she decided to try her hand at a manufacturing role for the company and quickly realized her true calling. Soon after, she took a production and inventory manager role for one of the company’s products and became a key member of the team to implement an MRP2 system at that location — a revolutionary step for the company at that time.

A hot area in Information Technology these days is new media technology, and an area of focus and investment within GE. Meet James, New Media Technology Leader at GE, and learn about the new solutions his team is developing to position GE for growth.