IBM has a new CEO: Virginia Rometty

http://allthingsd.com/20111025/ibm-has-a-new-ceo-meet-virginia-rometty/

by kenjackson • 15 years ago

59 20 15 years ago

Hopefully more women reduces the amount of misogyny that have to see people pull all the time on the internet.

dfc• 15 years ago

I'm not sure what your point was due to your grammar. With that being said its less clear why you were down voted. Please rephrase your comment...

ableal• 15 years ago

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dmor• 15 years ago

"Rometty’s naming as CEO makes it an interesting moment in history. With Meg Whitman at the helm of HP, women now run the two biggest IT companies by revenue in the world."

hkmurakami3• 15 years ago

These two CEOs practically have nothing in common other than their gender. Rometty is an engineer turned saleswoman who has been with IBM for 30 years. Whitman has a career in retail and is a former consultant. She swooped down on the CEO seat after a failed bid in the 2010 California gubernatorial race. Her "career" with HP is less than 1 year.

Perhaps it will be a case study in which type of CEO can lead a major tech company better. My money's on Rometty, and so is my heart, hoping that the tech industry will be more favorable to home-grown talent for the top spot.

itcmcgrath• 15 years ago

Started out as a Systems Engineer at IBM in 1981. That's an impressive rise within the same company from the technical side.

Mr Palmisano started at IBM as a Salesman in 1973.

redthrowaway2• 15 years ago

That is indeed impressive, especially seeing as she transitioned from Engineering to Sales.

I can't say I know anything about her, but it's good to see people climbing the corporate ladder the old fashioned way, and C-level execs who know what life is like on the front lines.

hkmurakami3• 15 years ago

I truly hope that someone, somewhere inside Hewlett-Packard is seeing this and thinking deeply to him or herself.

vaksel• 15 years ago

the "front line" can change a lot year to year...especially if the company grows...so the front line experience may not be all that relevant .

pnathan• 15 years ago

It's nice to see a C-level of a multinational who's an engineer; she has a CS degree.

I have been profoundly unhappy with IBM software products, maybe a new CEO will kick some butt and get some innovation rolling!

hello_moto• 15 years ago

IBM are probably no longer making products. Many of their products have been stagnant laying around just as cash cow via long term support. This is straight coming from the inside. But what do I know...

blantonl• 15 years ago

former IBM SE here... SE's at IBM are, technically, technical sales people. they are the ones that accompany the salesman to keep him honest and answer the tough questions.

raheemm• 15 years ago

A bit more interesting bio at http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/26/technology/ibm-names-a-new...

mathattack2• 15 years ago

Thanks for sharing. There is always one more interesting than the press release floating around. :-)

mathattack2• 15 years ago

Great to see a technologist at the helm of IBM. Granted she made her marks in services, then marketing and sales, but the past 3 CEOs have been a salesman, a strategist, and an office politician. I hope she does well, as IBM may need a move as big as hardware to software or software to services.

anactofgod• 15 years ago

Cool. IBM finally has a CEO educated as an engineer running the company.

IBM has a new CEO: Virginia Rometty

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