George Lin

George Lin is a Founding Partner of GML & Associates, a boutique IT and business transformation consultancy. In early 2013, George joined his long term client Rambus as IT Director responsible for Rambus' worldwide IT operations and customer success. Previously, George was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Dolby Laboratories responsible for Dolby’s worldwide IT organization and led the company’s global business process optimization, integration, and automation efforts. Before joining Dolby, George was CIO of Advent Software, a leading financial software and services company. Prior to Advent, he led the consolidated IT organization of EMC Software, a division of EMC Corporation, the world’s leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions. Before it was acquired by EMC, George was CIO of Documentum, a premier provider of enterprise content management solutions.

Named a Premier 100 IT Leader by Computerworld magazine in 2003, George won CIO Decisions magazine’s Mid-Market Leadership Award in 2006. Under his leadership, Dolby Laboratories was honored with CIO magazine’s CIO 100 Award in 2008. George is a contributing author of two CIO leadership and IT management books. He served on the CIO advisory board of the Fisher IT Center at the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business and guest lectured at local graduate schools. George graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of California, Berkeley.

1. IT Strategy
2. Cloud Computing
3. Enterprise Software
4. IT Management
5. SaaS
6. Business Intelligence
7. Integration
8. Vendor Management
9. Outsourcing
10. Software Project Management
11. Enterprise Architecture
12. Business Analysis
13. Program Management
14. Business Process Improvement
15. Leadership
16. Information Technology
17. Strategy
18. Disaster Recovery
19. Security
20. Governance
21. Business Process
22. Professional Services
23. IT Service Management
24. Data Center
25. Software Development
26. IT Operations
27. Business Transformation
28. ITIL
29. ERP
30. Solution Architecture
31. Project Portfolio Management

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• Volunteer Experience

  • Treasurer

    Quail Run Elementary PTA

    • Education
    July 2011 – present (1 year 11 months)

  • Auditor

    Quail Run Elementary PTA

    • Education
    July 2010 – June 2011 (1 year)

• CIO Wisdom: Best Practices from Silicon Valley's Leading IT Experts

  • Prentice Hall
  • August 4, 2003
  Authors: George Lin, Dean Lane

  This is the practical survival guide for every CIO and IT manager who is fighting the battle to do more with less. Covers everything from budgeting and measuring, to planning, sourcing, and architecture. Each chapter is introduced with a real-life story that shows how the common themes that have emerged from each author's unique experiences are related. The critical skills that every IT manager needs to master are covered in detail with real-life insights and practical examples. Whether your IT organization is wrestling with outsourcing maintenance issues, or critical infrastructure problems, the solutions you need can be found in this book.

• CIO Perspectives

  • Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company
  • September 30, 2007
  Authors: George Lin, Dean Lane

  As the CIO role continues to evolve into a business leadership role, CIO Perspectives provides a fresh and new look at contemporary and advanced topics for the CIO. Compiled of real lessons from the CIO trenches...written by CIOs for CIOs, and those that aspire to be...the book focuses on the hands-on experiences needed to save the reader their own years of trial and error. CIO Perspectives transcends topics of traditional IT management and addresses cutting-edge CIO challenges like mergers and acquisitions, e-commerce, and the CIO in business strategy. Read this book if you wish to advance your IT career, or understand what makes a world-class CIO.

Groups and Associations:

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  CIO 100
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  CIO Decisions from SearchCIO.com
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  CIO Executive Development Program
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  CIO Forum
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  Cal Alumni Association | UC Berkeley
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  Computerworld’s Premier 100 IT Leaders
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  Documentum alumni
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  Executive Suite
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  Office of the CIO
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  Senior Executive Exchange
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  TOP LEADERS/ EXECUTIVES - CXO/ CEO/ CIO/ COO/ CFO/ President/ VP/ AVP/ Director/ Head/ Managers
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  The Linked CXO / President, CEO, COO, CIO, CTO, MD, VP, Director 's

Honors and Awards:

Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader Award, 2003
CIO Decisions Midmarket Leadership Award, 2006
CIO 100 Award (for Dolby Laboratories, Inc.), 2008