OREANDA-NEWS. August 01, 2014. Michael Joseph, Vodafone’s Director of Mobile Money, has received the prestigious Leadership in Technology Management Award from PICMET (Portland International Centre for Management of Engineering and Technology).

Michael’s LTM Award from PICMET recognises his work developing Vodafone M-Pesa, the mobile money transfer and payment service that has transformed the lives of millions of people in emerging markets.

Receiving the Award at PICMET’s 2014 conference in Kanazawa, Japan, Michael said, “To be recognised by PICMET and its members is a huge honour and an extremely humbling experience.

“When I went to Kenya to become the CEO of Safaricom I wanted to change people’s lives for the better.  I was determined that we would be an innovative company by design – the now world-famous M-Pesa product was the result of that thinking.”

PICMET generates and disseminates knowledge on technology management to around 17,000 technology management specialists in academia, industry and government throughout the world.

The PICMET Leadership in Technology Management Award recognises and honours individuals who have provided leadership in managing technology by establishing a vision, providing a strategic direction, and facilitating the implementation strategies for that vision.

The Award was established in 1991 and previous winners include:

Carly Fiorina – Chairman & CEO, Hewlett-Packard
Andrew Grove – Chairman, Intel Corporation
Norman Augustine – Vice Chairman and CEO, Lockheed Martin
Morris Chang – Founding Chairman, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.
Robert JT Morris – VP Global Labs, IBM Research
HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn - Thailand
Jack Welch – CEO, General Electric
Jong-Yong Yun – Vice Chairman & CEO, Samsung Electronics
Anne Mulcahy – Chairman & Former CEO, Xerox Corporation