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Home > Cloud Computing > Jim Whitehurst steps down as IBM president

Jim Whitehurst steps down as IBM president

IBM chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna announced that Red Hat leader Jim Whitehurst is stepping down as the company's president.


Erdem Yasar Erdem Yasar
July 5, 2021
3 min read
Jim Whitehurst steps down as IBM president

IBM chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna announced various leadership changes in the company. According to the announcement, the company has an opportunity to be positioned for a new and exciting era of growth. He also stated that the company will continue to accelerate the rate and pace of its strategy, and strengthen its client-centric culture and the ability to provide technical expertise.

Series of leadership changes

Arvind Krishna also announced various important leadership changes effective immediately. The most important change is Jim Whitehurst, leader of Red Hat is stepping down as president. Arvind Krishna stated that:

  • Jim Whitehurst has played a pivotal role in the IBM and Red Hat integration. In the almost three years since the acquisition was announced, Jim has been instrumental in articulating IBM’s strategy, but also, in ensuring that IBM and Red Hat work well together and that our technology platforms and innovations provide more value to our clients. Jim has decided to step down as IBM President, however I am pleased he will continue working as Senior Advisor to me and the rest of the Executive Leadership Team as we continue to evolve our business.            
  • When I became CEO, Bridget van Kralingen agreed to stay to help ensure my transition went well. She has now decided to step down from her current role as Senior Vice President, Global Markets. I support her decision and thank Bridget for the work she has done to build a stronger company that is more responsive to our clients’ needs, including launching our new go-to-market strategy, implementing our sales cloud and changing our sales structure. She has also been a champion of diversity, chairing our LGBT+ and Women’s initiatives. Bridget will remain Senior Vice President, Special Projects for a year at which time she will retire from IBM.
  • Rob Thomas will become Senior Vice President, Global Markets. Rob has proven himself to be an exemplary leader and technology visionary. He has led various parts of our business such as data and AI, hardware, services, and software. He has also spent time outside the United States, including living in Tokyo when he led business development in the Asia-Pacific region. Rob is the right leader to deliver what our clients need, especially as our new go-to-market strategy kicks into high gear.
  • Tom Rosamilia will become Senior Vice President, Cloud and Cognitive Software. Tom has extensive experience within IBM. Most recently, his strong track record of success includes leading our systems business and achieving solid business results. Tom is no stranger to software. During his tenure, he has held several leadership roles, including as General Manager of WebSphere and leading products for the database business. 
  • Join me in welcoming Ric Lewis as our new Senior Vice President of Systems. Ric has a stellar reputation in the industry. He led significant portions of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s hybrid IT business spanning hardware systems, VLSI, software and cloud. For over three decades, he has helped drive a wide range of breakthroughs in the world of enterprise servers. Our systems business is an important source of differentiation for our clients and our hybrid cloud platform. As a gifted technologist and business leader, Ric will use his rich experience and expertise to take Systems to new heights.
  • Kelly Chambliss has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Americas and Strategic Sales, Global Business Services. Kelly will bring her extensive leadership experience and deep strategic and operational expertise to her new role. In this position, she will lead global strategic sales and continue her leadership of our Americas business.
  • Roger Premo will lead a newly constituted business development team, which integrates corporate strategy and will report to Jim Kavanaugh.
  • Bob Lord will continue in his role as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Ecosystems and report directly to me.

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Erdem Yasar

Erdem Yasar

Erdem Yasar is a news editor at Cloud7. Erdem started his career by writing video game reviews in 2007 for PC World magazine while he was studying computer engineering. In the following years, he focused on software development with various programming languages. After his graduation, he continued to work as an editor for several major tech-related websites and magazines. During the 2010s, Erdem Yasar shifted his focus to cloud computing, hosting, and data centers as they were becoming more popular topics in the tech industry. Erdem Yasar also worked with various industry-leading tech companies as a content creator by writing blog posts and other articles. Prior to his role at Cloud7, Erdem was the managing editor of T3 Magazine.

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