Indian American business executive (born 1962)
Arvind Krishna (born November 23, 1962)[ 2] IBM . He has been CEO of IBM since April 2020 and chairman since January 2021.[ 3] [ 4] Thomas J. Watson Research Center ,[ 5] senior vice president in 2015, managingIBM Cloud & Cognitive Software andIBM Research divisions. He was a principal architect of the acquisition ofRed Hat , the largest acquisition in the company's history.[ 6] [ 7]
Early life and education [ edit ] Krishna was born in aTelugu family inWest Godavari District ,Andhra Pradesh , India.[ 1] [ 8] [ 9] Indian Army and his mother, Aarathi Krishna, worked for the welfare of Army widows.[ 10] [ 11] Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School inCoonoor, Tamil Nadu , and atSt Joseph's Academy, Dehradun .[ 12]
Krishna received aBachelor of Technology degree inelectrical engineering fromIndian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1985 and aDoctor of Philosophy in electrical engineering from theUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1991.[ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
Professional career [ edit ] Krishna joined IBM'sThomas J. Watson Research Center in 1990, and continued in Watson Research for 18 years until 2009. Thereafter, he held a General Manager role in Information management software and systems and technology group of IBM. In 2015, he was promoted to senior vice president ofIBM Research .[ 17] cloud and cognitive software division.[ 8]
Krishna also led the building and expansion of new markets for IBM inartificial intelligence , cloud, quantum computing, andblockchain technology .[ 18] [ 19] Red Hat , which closed in July 2019.[ 20]
He was appointed IBM's CEO in January 2020, effective April 6, 2020,[ 21] Ginni Rometty who was CEO since 2012.[ 22] Satya Nadella ,Shantanu Narayen , andSundar Pichai as anIndian-American CEO of a majorUnited States technology company.[ 23] [ 24] CRN as the year's "Most Influential Executive".[ 25]
Krishna is a member ofThe Business Council .[ 26]
Krishna has co-authored 15patents , has been the editor ofIEEE andACM journals, and has published extensively in technical journals.[ 27]
Krishna is married and has two children. He lives inConnecticut .[ 28]
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