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LARRY E. LONGSETH
Vice President, Global Server Systems Operations,
Integrated Technology Delivery,
Integrated Operations, IBM
IBM Colorado Senior State Executive
IBM Boulder Senior Location Executive |
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Larry Longseth was named Vice President, Global
Server Systems Operations, effective January 1, 2006. He oversees a
worldwide team of more than 32,000 technical professionals responsible
for managing servers for commercial clients and IBM, while promoting the
development of best practices, world-class skills, measurements, tools
and processes.
From January 2005 to January 2006, Mr. Longseth was Vice President,
Server Systems Operations, IBM Global Services Americas. In this role,
he brought together 15,000 IT professionals from the various IBM Service
Delivery Centers around the country into one organization, taking
advantage of common skills and technologies in managing servers for IBM
and its commercial clients in the United States, Canada and Latin
America.
From October 1998 to December 2004, Longseth was Vice President, Service
Delivery Center - West. He led a team of more than 8,000 IT
professionals who managed servers and provided an array of other
services for commercial clients and IBM in 150 locations in the United
States and Latin America.
Mr. Longseth joined IBM in 1976, working in the Field Engineering Data
Processing Center in Boulder, Colorado, and has held many managerial
positions since that time. In December 1996, he was named Director,
Distributed Services Delivery, Service Delivery Center - West, in
support of the fledgling IBM Global Services mission in North America.
In December 2002, Longseth, who has worked in Boulder his entire career,
was named Senior State Executive for IBM Colorado (which includes about
5,800 employees). He provides leadership for IBM's various education,
community outreach and volunteer activities. He also takes the lead for
IBM in building relationships with state government and community
leaders.
As the IBM Boulder Senior Location Executive, Mr. Longseth is
responsible for all cross-divisional functions, programs and policy
implementation essential to IBM's local business interests. The IBM
Boulder site includes 4,000 employees. He serves as IBM’s local
representative to the external community, with responsibilities for
media and community relations.
Mr. Longseth also serves as Partner Executive Program (PEP Exec) to
Colorado State University, a key recruiting school for several IBM
organizations. He is a member of the CSU Advisory Council. |
