Lauren States (born 1956) is a former
Chief of Technology and then Vice President of Strategy and Transformation for
IBM's Software Group Division.
Life
States has held numerous senior executive positions within IBM Software Group, IBM Corporate Strategy, and IBM Sales and Distribution.
States holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ( ; also known as Wharton Business School, the Wharton School, Penn Wharton, and Wharton) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in ...
and a Certificate in Business Excellence from
Columbia University Business School
Columbia Business School (CBS) is the business school of Columbia University, a private research university in New York City. Established in 1916, Columbia Business School is one of six Ivy League business schools and is one of the oldest bus ...
Executive Education. She also completed a fellowship in
Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative in 2015.
States was named one of Savoy Magazine’s 2017 Power 300: Most Influential Black Corporate Directors.
In 2014, she was inducted into the
Women in Technology International
Women in Technology International (WITI) is an organization promoting the achievements of women in technology and extending support, opportunities, and inspiration. It was founded by Carolyn Leighton in 1989 as the International Network of Women in ...
Hall of Fame.
States serves as a director fo
Code Nationand a board trustee for
International House of New York
International House New York, also known as I-House, is a private, independent, non-profit residence and program center for postgraduate students, research scholars, trainees, and interns, located at 500 Riverside Drive in Morningside Heights, Ma ...
.
References
American women computer scientists
American computer scientists
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni
1956 births
Living people
IBM people
21st-century American women
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