Sao Paulo, Brazil - July 11, 2017. Ana Paula will be responsible for the company's business strategy and the development of its professionals, and will work with clients and the market to help accelerate digital transformation and the adoption of artificial intelligence and new cognitive models in the region.
Ana Paula es la primera mujer ejecutiva en liderar la operación de IBM en América Latina.
La ejecutiva sucede a Rodrigo Kede, quien ha sido nombrado gerente general de Global Technology Services de IBM para América del Norte, región que comprende a los Estados Unidos y Canadá. Kede estará basado en Nueva York.
Ana Paula Assis has more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry and in strategic business development, in addition to an extensive international career, which includes a series of leadership positions in Brazil, Latin America and globally. In the last decade, she was Director of the Global Technology Services unit for the Financial Services industry in Latin America, as well as Director of Strategic Outsourcing and Vice President of Software Group, the latter two responsibilities for IBM Brazil.
In 2015, she was appointed vice president of the Software business for IBM Greater China Group, an operation that includes China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. In early 2017, she returned to Latin America to lead the regional Services organization.
"I am very excited to lead a highly talented and diverse organization in such a dynamic and innovative environment as Latin America. We are committed to the progress of our region, supporting the continued transformation of the public and private sector through unparalleled artificial intelligence capabilities, cloud and industry expertise. Latin America is well poised to address this opportunity. Technology has improved people's lives in ways unimagined in the last century. We will continue to lead the way and help build a better future," said the new general manager for IBM Latin America.
Ana Paula Assis joined IBM in 1996. She holds a degree in Computer Science with a specialization in business administration from Fundaçión Getúlio Vargas and an MBA from Fundaçión Dom Cabral in Brazil.
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