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Lauren States

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Lauren C. States
Born1956
NationalityUnited States
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
OccupationChief Technologist
EmployerIBM

Lauren States (born 1956) is a former Chief of Technology[1] and then Vice President of Strategy and Transformation for IBM's Software Group Division.

Life

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States has held numerous senior executive positions within IBM Software Group, IBM Corporate Strategy, and IBM Sales and Distribution.[2]

States holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Certificate in Business Excellence from Columbia University Business School Executive Education. She also completed a fellowship in Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative in 2015.[2][3]

States was named one of Savoy Magazine’s 2017 Power 300: Most Influential Black Corporate Directors.[4] In 2014, she was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame.[5]

States serves as a director for Code Nation and a board trustee for International House of New York.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "My Best Mistake: Lauren States". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2020-10-22.
  2. ^ a b "Moderator Lauren States".
  3. ^ "Lauren States". Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative.
  4. ^ "2017 Most Influential Black Corporate Directors". Savoy.
  5. ^ a b "Our Team". CodeNation.
  6. ^ Dizdar, Ivana. "International House Trustee Spotlight: Lauren States". International House New York.