New Delhi | Jagran Business Desk: Arvind Krishna, who spearheaded the Red Hat deal- IBM's biggest acquisition in its 108 years history, will take over the reigns from Ginni Rommetty as the new Chief Executive of the International Business Machines. "Arvind is the right CEO for the next era at IBM," the company said in a statement on Thursday.
Krishna, 57, currently heads over the pioneer tech company's business unit that provides cloud and data platform on which company's clients builds the future. He leads the unit's production design, strategy, marketing, sales, service and offering development.
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His responsibilities include IBM cloud, IBM security, IBM research and Cognitive Applications businesses. He also guides IBM's overall strategy in core and emerging technologies including AI, quantum computing, data driven solutions, blockchain, nanotechnology, and cloud computing services.
Earlier, Krishna was the general manager of IBM Systems and Technology group's development and manufacturing organisation, responsible for developing engineering advanced semiconductor materials through microprocessors and storage systems.
He was also the general manager of IBM information management, which included information integration, database and big data software solutions. Besides this, he has also held several key technical roles in IBM research and software, where he pioneered IBM's security software business.
As per experts, the IBM will continue its trajectory under Krishna, but may pursue more small acquisitions in the cloud and analytics space.
Meanwhile, Rometty will continue as executive chairman and serve through the end of the year when she will retire after almost 40 years with the company.
Arvind is a graduate from IIT, Kanpur and has done Ph.D. from University of Illinois. He is also a recipient of distinguished alumni awards from IIT, University of Illinois and co-author of 15 patents, has been editor of IEEE and ACM journals and has published extensively in technical conferences and journals. He joined the cloud computing company in 1990.