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Arvind Krishna To Lead IBM: 7 Things To Know About The IIT-Kanpur Alumnus
Arvind Krishna, joins the list of Indian orgin CEOs and he is all set to become the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of International Business Machines (IBM), one of the leading American IT companies. 57-years-old Arvind Krishna will be succeeding Virginia Rometty who described him as the "right CEO for the next era at IBM" and "well-positioned" technology executive who will be leading the company.
Arvind
Krishna,
the
alumnus
of
the
Indian
Institute
of
Technology
(IIT),
Kanpur
will
be
leading
the
$80
billion
IT
giant
from
6
April
2020.
He
has
been
elected
as
the
CEO
and
member
of
the
Board
of
Directors
by
the
IBM
Board
of
Directors.
At
present,
he
is
serving
as
the
Senior
Vice-President
for
Cloud
and
Cognitive
Software
at
IBM.
In
a
press
release
of
IBM,
Arvind
Krishna
said,
"I
am
thrilled
and
humbled
to
be
elected
as
the
next
Chief
Executive
Officer
of
IBM,
and
appreciate
the
confidence
that
Ginni
and
the
Board
have
placed
in
me."
"IBM
has
such
talented
people
and
technology
that
we
can
bring
together
to
help
our
clients
solve
their
toughest
problems," he
further
mentioned
in
the
press
release.
So,
now
let
us
talk
about
the
facts
related
to
Arvind
Krishna.
1. Arvind Krishna holds an undergraduate degree from IIT Kanpur and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2. He joined the company in the year 1990, right after completing his Ph.D.
3. Under his leadership, IBM has succeeded in developing many new technologies such as quantum computing, artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
4. Arvind Krishna will be succeeding in Virginia Rometty, who has been working in IBM for 40 years.
5. Arvind Krishna considered as the "principal architect" for the acquisition of Red Hat by the company.
6. He has been rewarded for being a distinguished alumnus of IIT Kanpur and the University of Illinois.
7. At present, he holds the honour of being the co-author of 15 patents and has been serving as the editor for ACM and IEEE Journals.
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After being appointed as the CEO of IBM, Arvind Krishna joins the league of Indian technology executives who are leading some of the leading IT giants. Such as Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google and Alphabet; Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft; Ajay Banga, the CEO of MAsterCard and Shantanu Naryen, the CEO of Adobe. We are quite proud of the achievements of Arvind Krishna and other Indian-origin IT enthusiasts.
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