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Barbara Humpton

President & CEOSiemens

Washington, DC

Member Since October 2021

Skills

Program Management
Strategy
Integration

About

Barbara Humpton is President and CEO of Siemens Corporation, where she guides the company’s strategy and engagement in serving the company’s largest market. Siemens USA employs approximately 40,000 people serving customers in all 50 states and Puerto Rico and generated $17 billion in revenue in fiscal year 2020. She views the true purpose of technology as expanding what’s humanly possible. She’s also passionate about diversity, STEM education and what she calls a worklife blend that honors her priorities both at Siemens and as a grandmother. Most recently, Humpton served as president and CEO of Siemens Government Technologies, Inc. (SGT), a leading integrator of Siemens’ products and services for federal government agencies and departments. In this role, Humpton also served as an officer/director member of the board of directors of SGT. Prior to joining Siemens in 2011, Humpton served as a vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton where she was responsible for program performance and new business development for technology consulting in the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security. Earlier, Humpton was a vice president at Lockheed Martin Corporation with responsibility for Biometrics Programs, Border and Transportation Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection, including such critical programs as the FBI’s Next Generation Identification and the TSA’s Transportation Workers’ Identification Credential. Humpton is a graduate of Wake Forest University with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. Barbara is Chairman of the Siemens Corporation Board, the Siemens Foundation and of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA). She serves on the board of directors of the American Heart Association Greater Washington Region, Triumph Group, National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP), Economic Club of Washington, D.C. and the Seabee Memorial Scholarship Association. She resides in Washington, D.C., with her husband David.

Published content

16 other ways generative AI tools can lighten your daily workflow

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Is your business team getting the most ROI from this growing technology? If not, lean in to explore these additional benefits. As the uptick in generative AI continues to be at the forefront of company workflow in many cases, it's not only relied upon for the efficiency of data and daily tasks, it's also useful to boost brand creativity that will lead to increased growth and a brighter future for the establishment. To help business teams think outside the box on ways to get the most ROI from AI tools they've enlisted, 16 Fast Company Executive Board members offer their best practices to incorporate generative AI into new products and services.

Do your employees seem less enthusiastic about their workload?

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13 ways to boost team morale and motivation to get the job done. When employees begin to feel burnout at work, it's not always immediately evident to others. However, employers and their leadership teams must learn how to recognize and address these symptoms sooner rather than later to prevent losing high-potential staff members.  But even if the signs were written on the wall for quite some time, it's never too late to work on increasing your employees' morale and get them enthusiastic about the company's mission and their real purpose for offering their time and service each day. Here, Fast Company Executive Board members each share one idea to motivate the cross-generational teams your company depends on every single day.

Bringing digital twins down to Earth

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The timing is right to bring digital twin deployment to the frontlines of retooling American industry and infrastructure.

Company details

Siemens

Company bio

Siemens is a technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, mobility, and healthcare. Creating technologies for more resource-efficient factories and resilient supply chains to smarter buildings and grids, to cleaner, comfortable transportation and advanced healthcare, the company empowers customers to transform the industries that form the backbone of economies, transforming the everyday for billions of people. In fiscal 2020, which ended on September 30, 2020, the Siemens Group generated revenue of €57.1 billion and net income of €4.2 billion. As of September 30, 2020, the company had around 293,000 employees worldwide. Further information is available at www.siemens.com. Chairman of the Supervisory Board Jim Hagemann Snabe Managing Board Roland Busch (President and CEO) Cedrik Neike Matthias Rebellius Ralf P. Thomas Judith Wiese Imprint: https://new.siemens.com/global/en/general/legal.html Data privacy notice: https://new.siemens.com/global/en/general/siemens-on-social-media.html

Industry

Technology

Area of focus

Electrification
Automation
Digitalization

Company size

10,001 plus