Terry Lautenbach was the first general manager of IBM
United States and the executive responsible for worldwide
manufacturing and development in the late-1980s and
early-1990s.
The following is the text of a corporate biography
published in November 1992.
Terry R. Lautenbach, IBM senior vice president and
a member of the Management Committee, joined IBM in
Cincinnati in 1959.
He held a number of marketing and marketing management
positions in the Data Processing Division and was named
president of the division in August 1976.
In April 1978 Mr. Lautenbach was elected president
of IBM World Trade Americas/Far East Corporation and
was a member of its board of directors during that time.
He was elected an IBM vice president in June 1980. He
was named IBM vice president, marketing in July 1984.
He was named president, Communication Products Division,
in November 1985. He was named IBM vice president and
group executive, Information Systems and Communications
Group, in October 1986. In January 1988 Mr. Lautenbach
was named general manager of IBM United States and elected
an IBM senior vice president. In December 1990 he assumed
responsibility for worldwide manufacturing and development
and United States marketing and services. In August
1991 he was named a member of the Management Committee
and contact executive for IBM United States.
Mr. Lautenbach is a member of IBM's Corporate Management
Board, and on the Board of Directors of Xavier University,
Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Melville Corporation,
and Loomis Sayles.
Mr. Lautenbach holds a degree in Physics from Xavier
University in Cincinnati and also an honorary Doctor
of Laws degree awarded by the same university in June
1977.
Mr. Lautenbach retired on November 30, 1992.
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