Laurie Tolson serves as Chief Digital Officer for GE Transportation, which brings together brilliant machines, data, insights, and people to drive real-time connectivity and data intelligence through a digital thread. Established more than a century ago, GE Transportation is the largest producer of diesel-electric locomotives for both freight and passenger applications in North America, with thousands of machines in operation every day throughout the world.

Previously, Tolson was the Global Product Leader for Enterprise Software for ABB, where she led the transformation and delivery of the software business. Prior to joining ABB, she was Vice President, Software Engineering at Dell responsible for delivering the data center automation and systems management software technology across the company. Before her time at Dell, she led the Java Software Group at Sun Microsystems responsible for developing Java and the related technology solutions for Sun's enterprise and consumer markets.

Tolson has a Bachelor of Arts degrees in Business Administration and Economics, and Computer Science from Point Loma Nazarene University, and an MBA from National University.

Transportation, Business Leadership, Women in Business, Software, Data, Engineering, Technology, Information Technology, Science and Technology Professionals, Leadership,