Investment power
TECHNOLOGY for the shareholders , it ’ s actually about making surplus so you can reinvest and buy more and more of the services that we ’ re good at .”
Despite being “ at the right place at the right time ”, previously working within Australian and UK offices to develop businesses from an IT systems point of view has enabled Redpath to be a significant force towards utilising technology and creating a flourishing business model within Home Group , instigating efficient digital systems and essential business ethics in order for employees to deliver a personable and innovative service .
“ My role as CIO is to identify where technology can help , but ensure it is not technology for technologies sake because it ’ s whizzy and new ,” he explains . “ It ’ s got to have some business value and some efficiencies . It ’ s got to be innovative , or it ’ s got to make us stand out from our competition . I am then responsible for delivering that change – identifying and driving it through , bringing the business at the same time .”
Investment power
Large investments with Leighton , Technology Services Group ( TSG ) and international giant CISCO via infrastructure and hosting specialists , ITPS have cemented the company ’ s transition from a commercial model to one which makes surplus which is used to reinvest , transform , develop and install services which Home Group ’ s customers value . For Redpath , this provides “ a much more powerful statement than just trying to make some money ”, and enables the business to build more houses and provide essential services for people within the community that need them .
Redpath adds : “ When you think of how many people are in our houses , we have about 30,000 clients at any one time , so we have quite a significant reach into the community . We are very much about building the community , building people and helping people enter difficult parts of their lives and also provide affordable housing , which is obviously what our remit is .” With the company ’ s move towards
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