Subject: IBM Executives (4/20/2010)
From: "Matt Thornton" <[email-masked]>
To: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>, "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:08:10 -0500

FYI - do you know the below or have access to them ... thanks!

 

Michael E. Daniels (Senior Vice President, Global Technology Services,
IBM Global Services)

 

Mike Daniels has worldwide responsibility for Global Services business
operations in outsourcing services, integrated technology services,
maintenance, and small and medium business services, as well as for IBM
Global Financing.  He is also responsible for IBM's global delivery
services.  Together, these businesses account for almost half of IBM
revenue. IBM is the leading business and IT services company in the
world, with operations in more than 170 countries helping clients of all
sizes integrate information technology with business insight to create
and deliver new value for their customers and shareholders. 

Previously, Mr. Daniels was general manager of IBM's Sales and
Distribution operations in the United States, Canada, and Latin America,
with responsibility for sales and support of the full range of IBM's
information technology products, services, consulting offerings, and
business solutions.  Before that, he led the Global Services team in the
Asia Pacific region. 

Since joining IBM in 1976, Mr. Daniels has held a number of leadership
positions in sales, marketing, and services, and was general manager of
several services businesses, including Product Support Services,
Availability Services, and Systems Solutions. 

He is a member of the IBM Performance Team and serves as IBM's Senior
State Executive for Connecticut. 

Mr. Daniels is a graduate of Holy Cross College in Massachusetts with a
degree in political science and serves as a Trustee at the College. 

 

Frank Kern (Senior Vice President, IBM Global Business Services)

 

Frank Kern is the senior vice president, IBM Global Business Services,
which encompasses IBM's consulting, systems integration and applications
businesses, with 2008 revenues of $19.6B and a workforce of more than
100,000 professionals worldwide.

Mr. Kern was named to this position in January 2009 after leading IBM's
global sales and distribution organization, where he was responsible for
revenue, profit and client satisfaction in the 170 global markets in
which IBM does business. In this role, he led IBM's direct sales force,
including ibm.com which handles sales of all IBM products and services. 

Prior to that, Mr. Kern led IBM's operations in Asia Pacific.  In that
position,

Mr. Kern was located first in Tokyo, and then in Shanghai where he
oversaw dramatic growth and an expansion of IBM's business across
emerging markets including India, China and the ASEAN region.

Mr. Kern's 30-year career with IBM has spanned numerous international
management roles including the development of IBM's services business in
Europe, the Middle East and Africa, headquartered out of Paris, France.

Mr. Kern also held the position of chief executive officer of IBM Global
Services Australia Limited, a joint venture with Lend Lease and Telstra,
from 1995 through 1997 where he was located in Sydney. He served as vice
president, Systems Solutions and Industries, in Integrated Systems
Solutions Corporation, an IBM services subsidiary, from 1992 through
1995.

Mr. Kern holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from
Bucknell University and a Master of Business Administration degree in
finance from Syracuse University.  He lives with his wife Kristin and
daughter Kelly in Connecticut.