Sina Science and Technology News on the evening of July 2, Beijing time, it is reported thatIBMIt was announced today that the company's president, Jim Whitehurst (Jim Whitehurst), has decided to resign as president, but will continue to serve as a senior adviser to the company.
IBM"our hybrid cloud and AI strategy resonates strongly with our customers," CEO Arvind Krishna (Arvind Krishna) said in a statement today. I believe the company is at a watershed moment. As the world begins to reopen, IBM has a unique opportunity to welcome a new and exciting era of growth, continue to accelerate the implementation and pace of our strategy, and strengthen our customer-centric corporate culture, as well as our ability to provide technical expertise. "
To this end, IBM announced a series of important leadership changes, effective immediately:
Krishna said: "Whitehurst in IBM andRed Hat(RedHat) played a key role in the integration. Announcing the acquisition of Red HatOver the next three years, Whitehurst not only played an important role in articulating IBM's strategy, but also ensured the good cooperation between IBM and Red Hat and ensured that our technology platform and innovation provided more value to our customers.
Now, Whitehurst has decided to resign as president of IBM, but I am pleased that he will continue to serve as a senior adviser to me and other executive leadership teams to continue to move our business forward. "
In addition, IBM announced that Bridget Van Claringen (Bridget Van Kralingen) has decided to resign as Senior Vice President of Global Marketing (Global Markets). Claringen will continue to serve as Senior Vice President in charge of the special program (Special Projects) for another year, when she will retire from IBM.
The position of Senior Vice President of Global Marketing will be succeeded by Rob Thomas (Rob Thomas). Thomas has led many of IBM's businesses, such as data and artificial intelligence, hardware, services and software.
Tom Rosa Milia (Tom Rosamilia) will be senior vice president of Cloud and Cognitive Software. Rosa Milia has extensive experience at IBM, including leading IBM's systems business and achieving solid business results.
Rick Lewis (Ric Lewis) will be senior vice president of Systems Business Division (Systems). Lewis enjoyed a high reputation in the industry, and he led theHewlett-PackardAn important part of the enterprise (HP Enterprise) hybrid IT business, covering hardware systems, VLSI, software, and cloud.
Kelly Chambliss (Kelly Chambliss) has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Americas and Strategic sales, Global Business Services, where he will lead global strategic sales and continue to lead IBM's Americas operations.
Bob Lord (Bob Lord) will continue to serve as Senior Vice President of Global ecosystem, reporting directly to CEO Krishna.
CEO Krishna concluded: "I look forward to continuing our important mission to serve businesses and societies around the world with the help of this outstanding leadership team."