ARMONK, N.Y., July 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Kyndryl, the
independent public company that will be created following the
separation of IBM's (NYSE: IBM) Managed Infrastructure
Services business, today announced its global leadership model to
bring its mission-critical technical expertise to a broader set of
core digital technology environments.
These announcements are important milestones that will prepare
Kyndryl for future success – nothing will change with the IBM
Global Technology Services business until after responsibility
passes to the Kyndryl team. IBM remains on track to complete
the spin-off by the end of the year.
"Kyndryl is meeting customers where they are on their digital
transformation journeys, with a lean and focused team that has the
critical skills they depend on to succeed," said Martin Schroeter, Chief Executive Officer of
Kyndryl. "Our country leaders and managing partners will be
empowered to work closely with customers, make quick decisions and
access the best global talent in the industry. Their mission
will be to place Kyndryl at the heart of progress for our
customers."
Organizing Around Our Customers
Kyndryl will
implement a simplified global leadership model for key markets
representing more than three-fourths of Kyndryl revenue.
Kyndryl's newly appointed leaders will include:
- Tosca Colangeli, President of
Kyndryl United Kingdom and Ireland
- Xerxes Cooper, President of
Kyndryl Canada
- Paolo Degl'Innocenti, President
of Kyndryl Italy
- Luis Roca Fernandez, President
of Kyndryl Spain and Portugal
- Markus Koerner, President of
Kyndryl Germany
- Matt Milton, President of
Kyndryl United States
- Kerry Purcell, President of
Kyndryl Australia and New
Zealand
- Philippe Roncati, President of Kyndryl France
- Lingraju Sawkar, President of Kyndryl India
- Takashi Uesaka, President of
Kyndryl Japan
The Kyndryl country presidents are seasoned executives who have
significant experience in their markets and who have worked with
many of the world's largest enterprises. These senior leaders
will deliver to our customers global best practices and deploy
leading technologies and innovations.
In addition Kyndryl announced that Rick
Ruiz will become Kyndryl's Strategic Markets President and
will lead Kyndryl's activities in all other countries. Ruiz,
a veteran IBM sales and technology executive, has served as general
manager for IBM's Global Technology Services business in
Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East and Africa, and has also led IBM's Business
Continuity and Resiliency Services.
Global Practices
Kyndryl also announced that it will
create six global managed services practices and an advisory and
implementation services practice in support of our customers, which
will pull together managed services, advisory services and
implementation.
"By integrating multiple offerings into these six practices and
applying our mission-critical systems capabilities to a broader
digital environment, we will be well positioned to support our
customers on their digital transformation," Kyndryl Group President
Elly Keinan said. "These
practices will leverage the most experienced talent in our industry
to support our customers' success."
The six global practices are:
- Cloud
- Applications, Data & AI
- Security & Resiliency
- Core Enterprise & zCloud
- Network & Edge
- Digital Workplace
Kyndryl also announced the Kyndryl Advisory and Implementation
services practice, which will include a group of senior business
and technology executives who can advise Kyndryl customers on
best-in-class digital environments and the adoption and integration
of advanced technologies.
The Corporate Team
Kyndryl has assembled a senior
leadership team that draws from executive talent across the IT
industry as well as in key industry sectors.
"We're assembling an outstanding team that has experience not
only in technology but in being a tech services customer,"
Schroeter said. "This team understands what it means to be
consistently focused on a customer-centric model, and how to invest
in people and talent to bring that model to life."
The senior leadership team, in addition to Schroeter, Group
President Keinan and Strategic Markets President Ruiz, currently
includes:
- Nelly Akoth, Chief
Transformation Officer
- Michael Bradshaw, Chief
Information Officer
- Maryjo Charbonnier, Chief Human
Resources Officer
- Vineet Khurana, Controller
- Una Pulizzi, Global Head of
Corporate Affairs
- Edward Sebold, General
Counsel
- Antoine Shagoury, Chief
Technology Officer
- Maria Bartolome Winans, Chief
Marketing Officer
Kyndryl will announce more details on its organization in the
near future.
"We are fortunate as a 90,000-person 'start-up' to have
extraordinary global talent, from IBM Fellows and distinguished
engineers to experts at service delivery centers, working with deep
skills and more than 3,000 patents that help innovate with our
customers," Schroeter said. "Over time, we'll be showing all
Kyndryls how they contribute to advancing the vital systems that
our customers depend on."
Kyndryl designs, runs and manages the most modern, efficient and
reliable technology infrastructure for the world's most important
businesses and organizations, with the industry's most experienced
services experts. Its previously announced separation is
expected to occur by the end of 2021. For more information,
visit www.kyndryl.com
Contact:
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IBM
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Edward Barbini,
914-494-7925
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barbini@us.ibm.com
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