Michael J. “Mike” Harsh is Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for GE Healthcare, a $17 billion division of General Electric, with a mission to deliver better healthcare through innovation and technology to improve cost, quality and access and help enhance lives around the world.

Harsh leads the global technology strategy for GE Healthcare, to create and sustain global technology leadership that will provide strategic growth opportunities.

Mike began his career at GE in 1979 as an electrical design engineer in nuclear imaging, and subsequently held numerous design and engineering management positions with X-Ray, Ultrasound, MR and Information Technologies. Subsequently, Harsh was named Global Technology Leader - Imaging Technologies at GE Global Research where he led the research for X-Ray, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, PET and Optical Imaging, and also led the research associated with computer visualization/image analysis and superconducting systems. In October 2006, Harsh was promoted to Vice President of Technology for GE Industrial, and was named an officer of the General Electric Company in November 2006.

Before returning to GE Healthcare, Mike was Vice President of Technology for GE Enterprise Solutions, a $5B global business comprised of Security, Sensing & Inspection, GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, and Digital Energy. In November 2008, Harsh was elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows, for his significant contributions to the medical and biological engineering field. Additionally, he holds numerous U.S. patents in the field of Medical Imaging and Instrumentation.

Mike received a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and he is a member of the Marquette University National Advisory Council to the College of Engineering.