IBM international sales Chief Virginia Rometty will take possession as CEO from Sam Palmisano in January, spiralling into one amongst the most controlling women in business and technology now.
In taking the wheel of the storied industry icon, she makes it to the biggest U.S. corporation by worth to be commanded by a woman. IBM that over the years had a repute of being a moralistic, ponderous, male-dominated corporate empire will officially assign the 54-year-old engineering and computer science graduate its 1st feminine CEO on Jan 1. The assortment went down well with Silicon Valley and Wall Street, predominantly since the 60-year-old Palmisano -- who facilitated refashion big Blue from a computer hardware firm into a worldwide services and software behemoth -- is continuing on as chairman.
"Given Ginni's capability running the prime slice of the business by income, she was a rational choice," whispered Macquarie Securities analyst Brad Zelnick. Her climb will set up a challenge with Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman for the shroud of most commanding lady in technology, reflecting a long-running competition between the 2 firms. Rometty links a fairly small group of top female CEOs, composed with Whitman, Pepsico's Indra Nooyi, Xerox's Ursula Burns, Kraft Foods' Irene Rosenfeld and DuPont's Ellen Kullman.
Rometty -- who in recent times functioned as senior vice president of worldwide sales -- prepared her spot with the graceful 2002 incorporation of PriceWaterhouseCooper's consulting arm, a milestone move that propelled IBM into the higher stratums of the technology consulting business. Associates believe that Rometty, usually attired in sophisticated pastel-colour suits, cut a prominent figure in IBM's sedate hallways and captivated co-workers with both her cool-headedness and enthusiasm.
"She emanates energy," whispered Nelson Fraiman, professor at the Columbia University Graduate school of Business. Fraiman, who has known the computer science and electrical engineering graduate from Northwestern for roughly a few years now, believed she was a good planner and an early activist for IBM's progress into business analytics, or tools and services that enable corporations speedily evaluate trends.
"She thinks in an extremely logical manner. That's a chunk of her engineering coaching," he believed. One former IBM executive believed Rometty -- who occasionally brings a backpack as an alternative of a briefcase -- worked long hours and necessitated that her assistants do an equivalent. "People who work for her just do not sleep," whispered the source. "She encompasses a vogue that's totally unalike from anybody else's, though is all her own."
In taking the wheel of the storied industry icon, she makes it to the biggest U.S. corporation by worth to be commanded by a woman. IBM that over the years had a repute of being a moralistic, ponderous, male-dominated corporate empire will officially assign the 54-year-old engineering and computer science graduate its 1st feminine CEO on Jan 1. The assortment went down well with Silicon Valley and Wall Street, predominantly since the 60-year-old Palmisano -- who facilitated refashion big Blue from a computer hardware firm into a worldwide services and software behemoth -- is continuing on as chairman.
"Given Ginni's capability running the prime slice of the business by income, she was a rational choice," whispered Macquarie Securities analyst Brad Zelnick. Her climb will set up a challenge with Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman for the shroud of most commanding lady in technology, reflecting a long-running competition between the 2 firms. Rometty links a fairly small group of top female CEOs, composed with Whitman, Pepsico's Indra Nooyi, Xerox's Ursula Burns, Kraft Foods' Irene Rosenfeld and DuPont's Ellen Kullman.
Rometty -- who in recent times functioned as senior vice president of worldwide sales -- prepared her spot with the graceful 2002 incorporation of PriceWaterhouseCooper's consulting arm, a milestone move that propelled IBM into the higher stratums of the technology consulting business. Associates believe that Rometty, usually attired in sophisticated pastel-colour suits, cut a prominent figure in IBM's sedate hallways and captivated co-workers with both her cool-headedness and enthusiasm.
"She emanates energy," whispered Nelson Fraiman, professor at the Columbia University Graduate school of Business. Fraiman, who has known the computer science and electrical engineering graduate from Northwestern for roughly a few years now, believed she was a good planner and an early activist for IBM's progress into business analytics, or tools and services that enable corporations speedily evaluate trends.
"She thinks in an extremely logical manner. That's a chunk of her engineering coaching," he believed. One former IBM executive believed Rometty -- who occasionally brings a backpack as an alternative of a briefcase -- worked long hours and necessitated that her assistants do an equivalent. "People who work for her just do not sleep," whispered the source. "She encompasses a vogue that's totally unalike from anybody else's, though is all her own."
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