Dr. Kathryn Guarini

Biography

Kathryn Guarini is a leader in the technology industry with twenty-five years of experience in business executive roles, including development, product management, strategy, and operations. She has served on corporate advisory boards and has been engaged in teaching, writing, speaking, and consulting on technology, innovation, and leadership. From 2021 to 2023, she held the position of IBM's global Chief Information Officer (CIO), where she led IBM's digital transformation with a focus on adopting hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence. Prior to this, she served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of IBM Research and Vice President at IBM Impact Science and IBM Systems. She began her career as a technical contributor in IBM Research, working on double-gate transistor fabrication and three-dimensional circuit integration, among other semiconductor applications. Kathryn is a Senior Fellow at Yale Engineering and teaches at the Yale School of Management. She has also served as a visiting lecturer at Cornell Tech and is a member of the Board of Directors for Regeneron and the Board of Trustees for the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI). Additionally, she is part of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Council on Inclusive Innovation. Kathryn earned her PhD from Stanford University and her BS from Yale University in applied physics. She holds 65 U.S. patents and has published more than 60 technical papers, along with writing the blog 'Mother Invention'. Kathryn resides in New York with her husband and children.

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