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Mr. Pat Toole is vice president and Chief Information Officer of IBM. He is responsible for advancing the company’s transformation agenda and aligning IBM’s information technology investments to the business strategy.
Before becoming CIO in 2009, Mr. Toole was general manager of IBM intellectual property, overseeing the direction of IBM’s intellectual property portfolio and IBM’s global patent program while advancing company-wide intellectual property and innovation.
Mr. Toole joined IBM in 1984 and has held a variety of executive and management positions across the company. Past assignments include vice president in IBM’s Corporate Enterprise On Demand Transformation & Information Technology business, responsible for developing and executing company-wide initiatives that lead to top line revenue growth for the company; general manager of the IBM Engineering & Technology Services division, responsible for launching the division; and senior site executive of IBM Charlotte in North Carolina.
Mr. Toole is a member of the IBM Performance Team, which implements IBM strategies and drives overall business performance. He is also a member of the IBM Integration & Values Team and has served on the IBM Technology Team, a technical leadership organization. Additionally, Mr. Toole represents IBM on the board of trustees on the Committee for Economic Development, which addresses national priorities to promote sustained economic growth in America.
Mr. Toole holds a master’s degree in business administration from Queens University of Charlotte, and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Notre Dame.
September 2009