IBM

Industries Cloud & Data Storage, Software and Services, Technology Hardware and Equipment
Subsidiaries Red Hat Software, Aspera, HashiCorp, Inc.

Headquartered in Armonk, New York, IBM is a member of the Fortune 250 operating in the Cloud & Data Storage industry. Arvind Krishna serves as CEO/President and Chairman, leading the company’s C-suite executive team and the board of directors. Amongst these teams, the collective leadership is responsible for $1,599,025 to Republican causes and $576,073 to Democratic causes. Under their tenure, IBM currently holds a ‘Medium’ rating.

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Arvind Krishna
CEO & Chairman at IBM

Arvind Krishna

Arvind Krishna has been Chairman of IBM since January 2021 and Chief Executive Officer since April 2020. He has served on the Board of Directors for Northrop Grumman since 2022 and The Federal Reserve Bank of New York since May 2022. Previously Mr. Krishna served IBM as Senior Vice President of Cloud and Cognitive Software from January 2019 to April 2020; Senior Vice President of Hybrid Cloud and Director of IBM Research from January 2015 to January 2019; General Manager of Development and Manufacturing in the Systems and Technology Group from January 2013 to December 2014; and General Manager of Information and Management Software from August 2009 to December 2012. He began his career at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Security/Tivoli Products and Database/Warehouse Products from December 1990 to July 2009.

Political Contributions of Leadership

Republican Support
Democratic Support
$1,599,025 $576,073

Leadership

No photo: Arvind Krishna
Exec. Board

Chairman and CEO

Arvind Krishna

No photo: Alexander F. Stern
Exec.

Sr. VP, Strategy and M&A

Alexander F. Stern

No photo: Dario Gil
Exec.

Sr. VP and Director IBM Research

Dario Gil

No photo: Dinesh Nirmal
Exec.

Sr. VP, Products, IBM Software

Dinesh Nirmal

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Exec.

VP, Assistant General Counsel and Secretary

Frank Sedlarcik

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Exec.

Sr. VP and CFO

James J. Kavanaugh

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Exec.

Sr. VP, Transformation and Operations

Joanne Wright

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Exec.

Sr. VP, IBM Consulting

John Granger

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Exec.

Chief Communications Officer and Sr. VP, Marketing and Communications

Jonathan H. Adashek

No photo: Kareem Yusuf, Ph.D.
Exec.

Sr. VP, Product Management and Growth, IBM Software

Kareem Yusuf, Ph.D.

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Exec.

Sr. VP and COO, IBM Consulting

Kelly C. Chambliss

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Exec.

Senior VP, Legal and Regulatory Affairs, and General Counsel

Michelle H. Browdy

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Exec.

Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of IBM Consulting

Mohamad Ali

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Exec.

Sr. VP, CHRO

Nickle J. LaMoreaux

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Exec.

VP and Controller

Nicolas A. Fehring

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Exec.

Sr. VP, IBM Consulting, Americas

Paul Papas

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Exec.

Sr. VP, Infrastructure

Ric Lewis

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Exec.

Sr. VP, Software and Chief Commercial Officer

Robert D. Thomas

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Exec.

Sr. VP, The Weather Company and Alliances

Robert W. Lord

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Exec.

Sr. VP and CRO

Sebastian Krause

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Exec.

VP, Tax and Treasurer

Simon J. Beaumont

Francois Lancon
Exec.

Regional President, Asia Pacific and Middle East

Francois Lancon

Alfred W. “Al” Zollar
Board

Board Member

Alfred W. “Al” Zollar

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Board

Board Member

Andrew N. Liveris

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Board

Board Member

David N. Farr

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Board

Board Member

Frederick H. Waddell

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Board

Vice Chairman

Gary D. Cohn,

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Board

Board Member

Joseph R. Swedish

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Board

Board Member

Martha E. Pollack

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Board

Board Member

Michelle Howard

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Board

Board Member

Peter R. Voser

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Board

Board Member

Thomas Buberl

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Board

Board Member

Alex Gorsky

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Board

Board Member

Colleen F. Arnold