Anne altman ibm biography

Anne Altman retired from IBM on Jan. 31 following more than three decades of service and leadership. Sam Gordy, formerly senior vice president and group president of integrated systems at Leidos Inc., was selected as IBM Federal’s new general manager.

Altman&#;s first position at IBM was systems engineer for an FBI project, and the government business has always been her first love.

Whenever there was a complex, high-profile assignment at IBM, Altman was chosen to lead it.

For example, she led the divestiture of IBM’s Federal Systems Division — which focused heavily on satellite and defense work — to Loral Corp in In , IBM created a new federal business organization, and Altman served as its managing director.

In , she moved to the company&#;s server hardware business to lead the successful launch of IBM’s System z mainframe, one of the company&#;s most important products.

Altman then led IBM’s global public sector business before returning to IBM Federal in

Since , Altman le