What Happened?
Armonk, NY-based International Business Machines has Promoted Gary Kildare as Chief Human Resources Officer for Global Technology Services Division
About the Company
IBM is a global technology and innovation company headquartered in Armonk, NY. It is the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, with more than 400,000 employees serving clients in 170 countries. IBM offers a wide range of technology and consulting services; a broad portfolio of middleware for collaboration, predictive analytics, software development and systems management; and the world`s most advanced servers and supercomputers. Utilizing its business consulting, technology and R&D expertise, IBM helps clients become ""smarter"" as the planet becomes more digitally interconnected. IBM invests more than $6 billion a year in R&D, just completing its 18th year of patent leadership. IBM Research has received recognition beyond any commercial technology research organization and is home to 5 Nobel Laureates, 9 US National Medals of Technology, 5 US National Medals of Science, 6 Turing Awards, and 10 Inductees in US Inventors Hall of Fame. The company was behind the inventions of the PC; SABRE travel reservation system; UPC codes, Watson, the Jeopardy!-playing computing system, and much more.
About the Person
Gary J. Kildare is an energetic and progressive business leader who has worked around the world and has over 30 years of international experience. Originally from Falkirk, Scotland, he joined the IBM Corporation in the UK. He has deep experience of transformation, acquisitions, change management, leadership and enterprise risk management. Having spent many years outside the UK - he returned in 2005 as Chief HR Officer for Global Business Services for Europe (IBM`s fastest growing consulting services organisation), in 2008 he became Global Vice President of HR for Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific with accountability for over 430,000 employees worldwide. In February 2012 he was appointed as Chief Human Resources Officer for Global Technology Services Division, based in New York; and in May 2014, he became Chief Human Resources Officer IBM Europe, based in Madrid. Gary is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Personnel and Development, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a GlobalScot and sits on the Criticaleye Advisory Board. He has served as a Non-Executive Director of Education Scotland, as a member of the Scottish Government`s Education study – `The Curriculum for Excellence`, a Non-Executive Director of the National Skills Academy (Financial Services), a Non-Executive advisor to Her Majesty`s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and a member of the People Committee and the Pay Review Committee; a member of the CBI business council for Scotland. He received an honorary doctorate from Edinburgh Napier University in June 2012.
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