LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY
from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1991 , achieving distinguished alumni awards from both institutions .
Arvind first joined IBM in 1990 within the Watson Research team , where he worked until 2009 . He then worked his way up through various managerial positions before becoming General Manager of IBM Systems and Technology Group ’ s development nd manufacturing organisation .
Here , he led the strategy for datacentric systems and championed the widespread industry adoption of open and collaborative technology standards . As a result of his leadership , he was able to successfully grow the IBM Information Management business by 50 %.
Becoming Senior Vice President of Cloud and Cognitive Software at the start of 2019 , Arvind worked to pioneer the company ’ s hybrid cloud business and transformed IBM ’ s entire software and services portfolio and offerings for cloud . As the business continued to grow , Arvind also headed up IBM Research , driving innovation in core and emerging technologies such as AI , quantum computing , blockchain and data-driven solutions .
As a result of his efforts , Arvind has been the recipient of several accolades , including most recently Hunt Scanlon
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