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IBM Board Appoints CEO Arvind Krishna As Chairman, Replacing Rometty
The move comes after Krishna, a longtime IBM executive and a principal architect of the Red Hat acquisition, replaced Ginni Rometty as CEO in April, making him the Armonk, N.Y.-based company’s 10th chief executive. By Dylan Martin December 16, 2020, 05:29 PM EST
IBM’s board of directors appointed CEO Arvind Krishna as its chairman, taking over from executive chairman and former chief executive Ginni Rometty, who is retiring at the end of the year.
The move, which was disclosed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday, comes after Krishna, a longtime IBM executive, replaced Rometty as CEO in April, making him the Armonk, N.Y.-based company’s 10th chief executive. Krishna, who first joined IBM in 1990, had already been serving on the board as a director since his CEO appointment.
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Arvind Krishna, acknowledged as the architect behind the 2019 acquisition of Red Hat for $32 billion, will be IBM’s next chair.
The IBM board disclosed the selection of Krishna, 58, as the replacement for Ginni Rometty, whose retirement at month’s end had been previously disclosed. The news came in a securities filing Wednesday evening after the markets closed.
Krishna, who joined IBM in 1990, was named CEO in April to replace Rometty.
IBM’s board of directors appointed CEO Arvind Krishna as its chairman, taking over from executive chairman and former chief executive Ginni Rometty, who is retiring at the end of the year.
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Colorado BioScience Association Honors Life Sciences Leaders Driving Innovation Forward at Annual Awards Celebration
December 11, 2020 GMT
DENVER (BUSINESS WIRE) Dec 10, 2020
Colorado BioScience Association celebrated the companies and organizations driving new health innovations to save and change lives around the world during its Annual Awards Celebration. The seventeenth annual event, held virtually on December 9, brought together life sciences leaders and innovators working through the pandemic on breakthrough technologies, products, solutions, and services.
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Jennifer Jones Paton, CBSA President and CEO, says: “The pandemic is ushering in new approaches to every aspect of health innovation. The more than 720 health innovators in our community embrace change to catalyze discoveries and fuel growth. Congratulations to our honorees, finalists, and award winners. The