intl business machines corp
(IBM:New York)

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Ms. Linda S. Sanford has been Senior Vice President of Enterprise Transformation at International Business Machines Corp. (also known as IBM Corporation) since 2000. Ms. Sanford served as Group Executive, Senior Vice President of Information Technology and Senior Vice President of International Business Machines Corp., holding of IBM Credit LLC. She served as Senior Vice President of Enterprise On Demand Transformation of International Business Machines Corp. since January ... 2003. She led the strategy for IBM’s internal transformation to its premier on demand business. She was responsible for working across IBM to transform core business processes, create an IT infrastructure to support those processes, and help create a culture that recognizes the value that on demand leadership. She joined IBM in 1975 as a Mathematician. She served as Senior Vice President and Group Executive of IBM Storage Systems Group, where she helped take IBM from fifth place in storage market share to second in two years. She has headed IBM Global Industries. She served as General Manager of IBM's S/390 Division. In 1990's, she guided the S/390 Division through one of the most comprehensive product transformations the computer industry. She serves as Co-Chairman and Director/Trustee of State University of New York. Ms. Sanford serves as Co-Chairman of The Business Council at Business Council of New York State Inc. She has been a Member of Supervisory Board at Reed Elsevier NV since December 4, 2012. She has been a Non-Executive Director of Reed Elsevier Group Plc since December 4, 2012. She has been a Director of ITT Defense since 1998. She serves as a Director of The Partnership for New York City Inc., St. John's University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She served as an Independent Director at ITT Corporation (formerly, ITT Industries Inc) from 1998 to May 6, 2013. One of the highest-ranking women at IBM, she serves as a Member of the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame and the National Academy of Engineering. She is named one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Business by Fortune Magazine, one of the Top Ten Innovators in the Technology Industry by Information Week Magazine, and one of the Ten Most Influential Women in Technology by Working Woman Magazine. She co-authored "Let Go To Grow: Escaping the Commodity Trap". Ms. Sanford is a graduate of St. John's University. She holds an M.S. in Operations Research from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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