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Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Arvind Krishna is the IBM's CEO. IBM has 270,000 employees, of which 107 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The IBM executive team is 34% female and 66% male.
  • 61% of the management team is White.
  • 14% of IBM management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 10% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Arvind Krishna

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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Arvind Krishna (born 1962) is an Indian-American business executive serving as Chairman and CEO of IBM. He has been the CEO of IBM since April 2020 and took on the role of Chairman & CEO in January 2021. Krishna began his career at IBM in 1990, at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center, and was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2015, managing IBM Cloud & Cognitive Software and IBM Research divisions. He was a principal architect of the acquisition of Red Hat, the largest acquisition in the Company’s history.

Charles Flint

Founder

Thomas Watson

Founder

Andrew N. Liveris

Board Member

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David N. Farr

Board Member

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James J. Kavanaugh

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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James J. Kavanaugh is responsible for leading IBM’s worldwide financial operations. As CFO, he oversees accounting and controllership, financial planning and analysis, tax, internal audit, investor relations, corporate development and treasury. Mr. Kavanaugh was appointed to this position in January 2018. He reports directly to IBM's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ginni Rometty.

He was previously senior vice president, Transformation & Operations, a position he held since January 2015 where he was responsible for enabling IBM’s transformation to a data driven cognitive enterprise. In this capacity, Mr. Kavanaugh was responsible for redesigning IBM’s operating model to align with fundamental market shifts, and driving new ways of working while incorporating speed and agility through the enterprise. Mr. Kavanaugh, as CFO, continues to oversee Transformation & Operations for IBM.

Prior to this role, Mr. Kavanaugh was IBM's Controller from May 2008 until January 2015. Before that, he held various finance leadership positions, responsible for covering all strategic and operational financial management, which included the vice president of finance for: IBM's Sales and Distribution worldwide, IBM's Americas Group covering the United States, Canada and Latin America and IBM EMEA, located in Paris, France overseeing 124 countries.

Mr. Kavanaugh joined IBM in 1996 from AT&T Corporation, where he was the chief financial officer, Americas Global Services. He earned his Master of Business Administration from The Ohio State University.

Alex Gorsky

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Alfred W. Zollar

Board Member

Frederick H. Waddell

Board Member

Gary D. Cohn

Board Member

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Charles Flint

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Name & TitleBio
Arvind Krishna

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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Arvind Krishna (born 1962) is an Indian-American business executive serving as Chairman and CEO of IBM. He has been the CEO of IBM since April 2020 and took on the role of Chairman & CEO in January 2021. Krishna began his career at IBM in 1990, at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center, and was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2015, managing IBM Cloud & Cognitive Software and IBM Research divisions. He was a principal architect of the acquisition of Red Hat, the largest acquisition in the Company’s history.

Andrew N. Liveris

Board Member

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David N. Farr

Board Member

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Alex Gorsky

Board Member

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Alfred W. Zollar

Board Member

Frederick H. Waddell

Board Member

Gary D. Cohn

Board Member

Joseph R. Swedish

Board Member

Peter R. Voser

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Thomas W. Rosamilia

Senior Vice President

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IBM leadership demographics

IBM gender distribution in management team

  • The IBM executive team is 34% female and 66% male.
  • IBM is 32% female and 68% male company-wide.
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Male
66%
Company-wide: 68%
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Female
34%
Company-wide: 32%

IBM executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among IBM executive officers is White.
  • 61% of the management team is White.
  • 14% of IBM's management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 11% of the management team is Asian.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 55% of employees are White.
  • 16% of employees are Asian.
  • 13% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Aug 2024
Pros of working at IBM

I worked as a consultant for the last 20 years.

Cons of working at IBM

I can't comment on this since I was not an IBM employee. However, it was great when I worked as a contractor.

IBM benefits

Flexibility

How would you improve IBM's culture?

Better understanding of the employees needs.

How did you prepare for the IBM interview?

The company I was doing consulting was acquired by IBM.

How does your compensation at IBM compare to the industry average?

As a subcontractor it was a reasonable salary

What's the diversity at IBM like?

fine

What brings you the most joy at IBM?

My coworkers and my managers.

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Jun 2024
Pros of working at IBM

My dream company

Cons of working at IBM

Too much dependent on Mangers, Managers. Are more than God

IBM benefits

Esop

What do you like best about IBM's CEO and the leadership team?

Always inspire and motivated

How would you improve IBM's culture?

Yes remove managers as de centralized

How did you prepare for the IBM interview?

Two days prepare for the interview had a panel of six to seven people interview

How does your compensation at IBM compare to the industry average?

Less than industry

What's the diversity at IBM like?

Its ok for diversity

What brings you the most joy at IBM?

Respect the new ideas for new thinking

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3.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2024
Pros of working at IBM

Good salary, nominal raises.

Cons of working at IBM

Staggeringly incompetent management. Lots of coercion. Rankings are only for HR hiring numbers, performance means nothing.

IBM benefits

Better at spotting snake oil

What do you like best about IBM's CEO and the leadership team?

incompetent.

How would you improve IBM's culture?

Remove the CEO, and his peeps

How did you prepare for the IBM interview?

Often people come in through acquisition. I was hired multiple times.

How does your compensation at IBM compare to the industry average?

IBM is a tier 2-3 company and pays accordingly.

What's the diversity at IBM like?

Serious lack of skills.

What brings you the most joy at IBM?

Solving problems, leading teams, changing the way things are done

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3.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Sep 2023
Pros of working at IBM

Nothing. No place for a female who is creative

Cons of working at IBM

Most were fake in management. Expected to have their mistakes covered by the staff

IBM benefits

Had none

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1.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2023
Pros of working at IBM

Name recognition, initial training program. Truly multicultural company.

Cons of working at IBM

Upper management focused on making their bonuses vs what is best for customers, employees and company. Working under constant threat of layoffs. Too focused on meeting diversity quotas vs hiring and promoting for performance. Career advancement: it’s who you know, not what you know. Age discrimination is rampant! You can make more money at IBM’s competitors.

IBM benefits

Initial training program. Afterwards, get out and go elsewhere!

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Jun 2023
Pros of working at IBM

Lots of opportunities. Flexible work schedule. If you get with the right manager it's a great place to work.

Cons of working at IBM

Management could be an issue. There's a lot of management changes over the years. Resource actions happen every year so there's less job security than there used to be.

IBM benefits

The salary and benefits are great.

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3.0
A zippia user wrote a review on May 2023
Pros of working at IBM

Base Compensation, strong peer team

Cons of working at IBM

Always the threat of a layoff.

IBM benefits

Well funded 401k

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on May 2023
Pros of working at IBM

I worked for IBM for nearly 17 years,I have returned under Global Foundries for 4 years now. Excellent work/life balance. Management and team members are easy to work with. Pay isn't bad either.

IBM benefits

Discounts at gyms

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1.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2023
Pros of working at IBM

None

Cons of working at IBM

No future

IBM benefits

Stupid management

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4.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Nov 2022
Pros of working at IBM

The best thing is Work-life balance

Cons of working at IBM

Too much manager centric

IBM benefits

Basic pay and salary benefits

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Sep 2022
Pros of working at IBM

Intellectual stimulation & Training

IBM benefits

PMI and IBM project management certification.

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4.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Aug 2021
Pros of working at IBM

Very smart people to work with

Cons of working at IBM

Lots of pressure on sales.

IBM benefits

Work from home and management of hours

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4.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Apr 2021
Pros of working at IBM

Young team, exploiring new ways of working

Cons of working at IBM

traditional

IBM benefits

Flexibility, working on various projects, never a dull moment

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3.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2021
Pros of working at IBM

flexibility to work from home and working under minial supervison

Cons of working at IBM

Poor ethics and poor management

IBM benefits

travel alowance

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3.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Jan 2021
Pros of working at IBM

Pays well. People are generally nice.

Cons of working at IBM

The organization is large, siloed, and nearly impossible to navigate. Very messy and difficult to progress career, especially from the summit program

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4.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Sep 2020
Pros of working at IBM

Work life balance, multiple options to explore as per your interest

Cons of working at IBM

manager

IBM benefits

flexible timings, multiple resources to learn

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4.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2020
Pros of working at IBM

culture, work from home, people

Cons of working at IBM

nothing, night shift

IBM benefits

health benefits, bonuses, perks, trainings, seminars, outings, team buildings

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4.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Nov 2019
Pros of working at IBM

I came to know that this company has good reputation for building better team works among the few. The co- operation among the team members which is the result of the companies direct involvement.

Cons of working at IBM

I have no answer for dis-like and may be best answered during exit interview.

IBM benefits

working from home! Of course done companies, like us, are always WFH but I've seen on-site companies employ it once a week. It's a great freedom to mix up the work day with chores and other tasks that need to be done within a 9-5 day and hard to do from the office. I think this relieves a lot of "admin stress" and bring more happiness and engagement to teammates.

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2019
Pros of working at IBM

Its perfection, surety, trust, better support of team, good guideline, better understanding and good future of employee.

Cons of working at IBM

pressurizing on work which is every where same . and grouping in team work as partition

IBM benefits

good knowledge, better understanding, height of success of company and employee on work from own hard work

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3.0
A zippia user wrote a review on May 2019
Pros of working at IBM

Flexibility to work from any location is a great bonus

Cons of working at IBM

Career growth is something which I do not have clarity on even after having multiple discussions with my manager. Also there are no team engagement activities or team lunches which help in building a team. Few older employees are really unprofessional with no career aspirations but want to be respected for being there in the company.

IBM benefits

Flexibility is the only perk I like.

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Apr 2019
Pros of working at IBM

Challenge and Worklife Balance

Cons of working at IBM

Red tape and management slow downs.

IBM benefits

Flexibility and independence

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4.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2018
Pros of working at IBM

Very good benefits as well as company stability. The immediate management tier above me was newer and less established so they were more open to new ideas and more flexible. Good employee compensation package, decent flexibility in work schedule and onsite childcare.

Cons of working at IBM

Bad work/life balance because of long hours and long commute to Redmond. Worked excessively long hours some weeks due to workload and deadlines with some of our mid tier vendors.

IBM benefits

The health care package was unparelleled and something that I miss very much at my new job at a tech company on the East coast.

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3.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Jun 2018
Pros of working at IBM

It's a great place to advance your career to a certain point. You might not have the top level talent as Facebook or Google, but you have plenty of experienced people that can help you grow your career and skills. There's also reasonable job security for me.

Cons of working at IBM

While my team is doing well, the company as a whole has had negative press for the past several years which just becomes demoralizing. Revenue company wide has been down and it seems like there are constant layoffs. It has definitely lost some of the luster.

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