Lauren States
Lauren States | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1956 United States |
| Occupation | Technology executive |
| Known for | Former chief technology officer and vice president at IBM Software Group |
Lauren States (born 1956) is a former chief technology officer and vice president responsible for strategy and transformation within IBM's Software Group Division.
Early life
States was born in the United States in 1956. Her mother pursued a successful career in nursing, while her father was one of the pioneering black executives at Aetna Life and Casualty. She attributes her strong commitment to education, academic achievement, and self-assurance to the influence of her parents.
Life
Throughout her career, States has occupied high-level leadership positions across IBM's Software Group, Corporate Strategy, and Sales and Distribution sectors.
She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and obtained a Certificate in Business Excellence through the Executive Education program at Columbia Business School. In 2015, she completed a fellowship at Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative.
States was honored as one of Savoy Magazine’s 2017 Power 300: Most Influential Black Corporate Directors and was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame in 2014.
She currently serves on the board of directors for Code Nation and acts as a trustee for the International House of New York.
During her tenure at IBM, States designed and implemented a management framework overseeing roughly 4,200 field agents and technical sales support personnel, facilitating the worldwide delivery of IBM solutions to companies across various scales.