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Full biography
Erich Clementi was named general manager, Business Systems Division, in January 2008. He is responsible for executive leadership and day-to-day operations including product mix objectives, managing client satisfaction, enabling market plays and providing requirements for future systems and technology solutions.
Most recently, Erich was the general manager of IBM’s Managed Business Process Services, serving clients who wished to transform their enterprises through the use of a trusted provider in an outsourced environment.
Prior to joining the Managed Business Process Services organization, Erich was general manager of IBM’s System Z division, which he assumed in January 2003. Under his leadership, the System Z team created and executed the vision of the Mainframe Charter, and in 2005, the division shipped more computing capacity (MIPS) than in any period in the platform’s 41 year history.
Before joining System Z, Erich served as vice president, corporate strategy, where he led efforts to drive IBM’s on demand strategy in the world-wide sales organization. Prior to his position in corporate strategy, he ran enterprise system sales across the 130 countries that comprise Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He oversaw the marketing and sales of IBM’s entire hardware line, including IBM’s server computers as well as printers, storage devices, networking components and microelectronic products.
Erich directed IBM sales and marketing operations for banking and financial accounts throughout Europe. He was director, Finance Sector, for IBM Europe’s Central region, headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany after previously heading sales and marketing for IBM’s key banking operations in Central Europe and Russia, as well as in Milan, Italy.
Joining IBM in Milan in1984, Erich held a variety of technical and sales-professional positions in Italy and the South Tyrol region. He holds a degree in business administration from the Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria.
January 2008
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