Vice President of Industry Solutions and Emerging Business

Cathy is vice president of Industry Solutions and Emerging Business for IBM Research. She is responsible for connecting research with industries to focus innovation on the application of technology to real-world problems. Her mission is to create a tight linkage between the research community and our sales organization, and to develop and manage new emerging businesses.

Prior to this position, Cathy was vice president of global productivity and employee IT advocate in the chief information officer organization. Her focus was on improving and expanding the IT services, support and function to IBM’s employees. She provided a single point of contact for managing contracts, operations and measurements with service providers, such as those with the IBM Global Account, AT&T, and others around the world.

Cathy joined IBM in 1978 as a programmer, supporting test engineering in Endicott, New York. For four years, she held various programming and team lead positions before joining the IBM Credit Corporation in 1982. In that division, she developed and managed the information center and advanced technology development departments. She then moved to the corporate common financial systems organization as a development manager. In 1993, Cathy joined the PC Company where her organization was responsible for executive information systems, decision support systems and manufacturing process support. She then went to IBM Research in 1996 as executive assistant to the senior vice president of Research. In 1997, Cathy was appointed chief information officer for IBM Research. Cathy joined the CIO organization in 2001 as vice president of business-to-business Initiatives. Cathy had worldwide responsibility for enabling IBM to be a world class participant in the business-to-business environment.

Cathy holds a bachelor of science degree in mathematics/computer science from State University of New York, Binghamton and master of business administration degree in finance from Iona College.

In addition to her IBM responsibilities, Cathy’s activities have included:

• Secretary, Board of Education, Brookfield, Connecticut school district
• Chair of curriculum committee, Brookfield, Connecticut school district
• Member of National Science Foundation business and operations committee
• National Academy of Engineering committee on diversity in the technical workforce
• Smith College, advisory board for school of engineering
• Justice of the Peace, State of Connecticut