I was born and raised in the Midwest but I have never heard the term " Midwestern charm" before
Our greatest danger in life is in permitting the urgent things to crowd out the important. - Charles E. Hummel Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. - John F. Kennedy IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 10/27/2011 03:50:40 PM: > From: Ed Gould <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 10/27/2011 03:55 PM > Subject: As IBM CEO, Ginni Rometty will bring some Midwestern charm > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > > With Virginia "Ginni" Rometty, the newly named CEO to succeed Sam > Palmisano at IBM Corp., the business machines company is likely to > see a little more in Midwestern charm. > Ms. Rometty is a Chicago native and graduate of Northwestern > University, where she serves as a trustee. > I wrote about her more than a year ago, when she was named a > possible contender for the top job. > Ms. Rometty, who has been leading IBM's global business services, > previously oversaw the consulting arm of PricewaterhouseCoopers, > which was acquired by IBM in 2002. Her job was to attract big > customers as well as redesign and run the company's human resources > and finance businesses ? key departments for IBM. > ?Ginni Rometty combines performance and charisma,? said George F. > Colony, chairman of Forrester Research, in a New York Times > story about her earning the CEO job. ?She orchestrated a massive > charm campaign to bring the PricewaterhouseCoopers people into the > fold. That was the trial by fire for her.? > More recently, Ms. Rometty is credited with leading the growth and > development of IBM's huge services business. > Time magazine noted in 2002 that her "vast Rolodex and industry > expertise" would make her a force at the company. > And maybe her skills in scuba diving ? her favorite sport ? came > into play, too, the magazine said, quoting Ms. Rometty as saying, > "It's 98% calm and 2% terror." > > Read more: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20111026/BLOGS03/ > 111029828/as-ibm-ceo-ginni-rometty-will-bring-some-midwestern- > charm#ixzz1c0tNKjjz > > > > (fluff piece on Rometty) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ----------------------------------------- The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
