Xerox CEO and leadership

John Visentin is vice chairman and chief executive officer of Xerox Corporation. He was appointed to this position effective May 14, 2018.

John has managed multibillion dollar business units in the IT services industry - at both Hewlett-Packard and IBM - and over the course of his career has a proven track record transforming complex operations to consistently drive profitable growth.

Before joining Xerox, John was a senior advisor to the chairman of Exela Technologies and an operating partner for Advent International, where he provided advice, analysis and assistance with respect to operational and strategic business matters in the due diligence and evaluation of investment opportunities. John was also a consultant to Icahn Capital in connection with a proxy contest at Xerox Corporation from March 2018 to May 2018.

From October 2013 through July 2017, John served as the executive chairman and chief executive officer of Novitex Enterprise Solutions. Additionally, John was an advisor with Apollo Global Management and contributed to their February 2015 acquisition of Presidio, the leading provider of professional and managed services for advanced IT solutions. He was chairman of the board of Presidio from February 2015 to November 2017.

John graduated from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, with a bachelor’s degree in Commerce.

Experienced leader with a demonstrated history of success developing and leading teams in technology development, software and services implementations for commercial industry and government agencies. Skilled working with global teams to achieve desired goals, using technology as foundation for innovation.

Proven P&L results.

Naresh Shanker was named chief technology officer for Xerox and appointed a senior vice president of Xerox Holdings Corporation in May 2019. He also was named Head of the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) effective Feb 1, 2021.

As head of PARC, he is responsible for leading the innovation business that will include scientists and engineers located in Palo Alto, California; Webster, New York; Cary, North Carolina, and Toronto. Under his leadership, Xerox has made strong progress, developing disruptive technologies that the company is beginning to productize and commercialize.

He also oversees the company’s information technology operations and is leading Xerox through its digital transformation.

Naresh joined Xerox in January 2019 as the chief digital officer and an executive committee member. He brought to the company more than 25 years of technology experience from diverse industries. Previously, he was chief digital and information officer for a start-up company focusing on disruptive nanomaterials and clean energy solutions. Before that, Naresh was the CIO for Hewlett Packard (HP) and Palm, Inc. He began his career at HP Medical Products Group in Boston.

He serves on the CXO Advisory Councils of venture capital firms including Greylock, LightSpeed, and Sapphire Ventures. He also sits on Advisory Boards for several startups, including Devo, AutonomIQ, and Clarizen, Inc.

Naresh earned a Master of Business Administration degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.

Suzan Morno-Wade was named chief human resources officer of Xerox effective Nov. 29, 2018. She is also an executive vice president of Xerox Holdings Corporation.

Suzan leads Xerox’s global human capital strategy to facilitate and support the company’s success. She is responsible for instilling best practices around organization capability, talent management, learning, total rewards, HR technology and analytics and work environment practices required to drive business outcomes and future growth of the company.

Suzan joined Xerox in 2016 as vice president of Total Rewards to lead the compensation and benefits strategy. She has 20 years of progressive human resources leadership experience spanning several industries including posts at global companies such as Hess, Quantum, Mitsubishi, General Electric and Quaker Oats.

Suzan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois.

John Visentin is vice chairman and chief executive officer of Xerox Corporation. He was appointed to this position effective May 14, 2018.

John has managed multibillion dollar business units in the IT services industry - at both Hewlett-Packard and IBM - and over the course of his career has a proven track record transforming complex operations to consistently drive profitable growth.

Before joining Xerox, John was a senior advisor to the chairman of Exela Technologies and an operating partner for Advent International, where he provided advice, analysis and assistance with respect to operational and strategic business matters in the due diligence and evaluation of investment opportunities. John was also a consultant to Icahn Capital in connection with a proxy contest at Xerox Corporation from March 2018 to May 2018.

From October 2013 through July 2017, John served as the executive chairman and chief executive officer of Novitex Enterprise Solutions. Additionally, John was an advisor with Apollo Global Management and contributed to their February 2015 acquisition of Presidio, the leading provider of professional and managed services for advanced IT solutions. He was chairman of the board of Presidio from February 2015 to November 2017.

John graduated from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, with a bachelor’s degree in Commerce.