Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine October 2020 | Page 15

Matias is overseeing the implementation of a comprehensive data strategy across the organisation . “ We have field data collection , from mobile apps and IoT , for instance . Then we have data governance and simulation . We use Tableau and Aufinia , a Vietnam-based company which specialises in fraud analytics in terms of payroll time and attendance . Tableau connects to our Primavera system , the premier planning and scheduling software by Oracle .” That data is used to derive actionable insights . “ We bring information up to Tableau so that we can see and project into the future how many man hours and labour count we need , and the type of skills , trade

EXECUTIVE PROFILE : Lauro Matias

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Title : CIO Industry : Construction
Company : EEI Corporation Location : Philippines
Lauro MATIAS is the VP of IT for EEI Corporation , and a member of the IT council and the IT Governance Board of the Yuchengco Group of Companies . Prior to this , he was the CIO at Starbucks Philippines , the Global CIO for Jollibee Foods Corporation , and a senior IT expatriate of eight years - first as Asia Pacific VP IT at Lafarge Boral Gypsum Asia LBGA based in Shanghai , and then later based in Jakarta , with Indonesia ’ s Sinarmas Group of Companies , as VP and Chief IT Advisor for its palm oil and wireless telecoms divisions , and its mobile commerce business unit . businesschief . asia