Michelle Erickson

摘要

In an interview, Michelle Erickson, IT director at Citigroup Inc, talks about carbon footprints, a $50 billion commitment to addressing global climate change and her role as an environmental ambassador. Erickson said that the bank has committed $50 billion toward sustainable efforts over the next 10 years. They also have a plan to reduce their own greenhouse gas emissions by 10% by the year 2011. On the power management side, where virtualization falls, they have a legacy decommissioning initiative going on in their data centers. They're working very closely with vendors to achieve new efficiencies and reduce their energy consumption. She works as a translator helping everyone to understand what each organization is trying to achieve and how they're trying to achieve it and helping them to take the steps to do so. She added that she is doing something that matters, that she believes in. You can actually see real results, and for her, that's the best thing.