Lenovo appoints Kim Stevenson as Senior VP and GM of new Data Centre Infrastructure (DCI)

In a bid to accelerate its global data centre business growth, Chinese technology giant Lenovo on Monday appointed Kim Stevenson as Senior Vice President and General Manager of its new Data Centre Infrastructure (DCI) business segment. Apart from Stevenson’s appointment, the company announced new roles for three other executives for its global data centre senior leadership team. Former CIO of Intel, Stevenson would oversee the company’s core data centre products and solutions portfolio. She has spent eight years at Intel, leading that company’s Client, Internet of Things and System Architecture (CISA) Group and served as Intel CIO for four years. Laura Latrello, Vice President and General Manager, would continue in her role leading the data centre services segment. Three Lenovo executives would assume new positions on the Data Centre Group’s senior leadership team under Kirk Skaugen, Executive Vice President and President, Data Centre Group. Paul Ju, Vice President and General Manager of Hyperscale, has deep experience in hyperscale systems and cloud computing through management positions with leading global technology and data centre providers. Madhu Matta, Vice President and General Manager, High-Performance Computing and Artificial Intelligence, brings experience in advanced computing technologies through executive assignments at leading server and storage companies. Radhika Krishnan, Executive Director and General Manager, Software-Defined Data Centre has a deep background in advanced server, storage, networking and software-defined technologies. The newly-formed business units would lead Lenovo’s charge into five market segments: data centre infrastructure, the software-defined data centre, high-performance computing and artificial intelligence applications, “hyperscale” systems and data centre services. IANS