GE always had its heart beating for India, but its strategy was blunted. Now Jeff Immelt has sent his big-picture man, John Flannery, to bring focus
The pride on Ashish Shah’s face is unmistakable as he opens a white carton lying on the conference room table. General manager for GE Healthcare’s Technology Organization in India, he pulls out a contraption — slightly bigger than a landline phone, but a lot less complicated with far fewer buttons. This is the world’s first ultra-portable electrocardiogram (ECG) machine.
(This story appears in the 18 December, 2009 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)