IBM 前高级副总裁
Rod Adkins 是 3RAM Group LLC 的总裁,这是一家专门从事资本投资、商业咨询以及物业管理服务的私人公司。Rod previously served as IBM’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy until retiring in 2014. 他负责领导整个 IBM 的持续转型工作,并制定与执行计划相关的战略,以实现新运算时代、新市场和新客户。
Rod was previously IBM’s Senior Vice President of Systems and Technology Group, a position he held since 2009, and senior vice president of STG development and manufacturing, a position he held since 2007. In his over 30-year career with IBM, a multinational technology company, Rod held a number of other development and management roles, including general manager positions for the PC Company, UNIX Systems and Pervasive Computing.
Rod 在 2005 年入选美国国家工程院,并加入了高层领导委员会以及美国黑人工程师协会的成员,获授该协会 2001 年的 Golden Torch Award for Lifetime Achievement in Industry。2011年,《Black Enterprise》杂志将 Rod 评选为年度企业高管;2002 年,《财富》杂志将他评为美国 50 位最具影响力的黑人高管之一。
除了 UPS 之外,Rod 也任职于 Avnet 公司、PayPal Holdings 公司和 W.W. Grainger 公司的董事会。
Rod joined the UPS Board of Directors in 2013, and serves on the Executive Committee, the Compensation and Human Capital Committee, and as Chairperson of the Risk Committee.
Rod 拥有 Rollins College 的物理学士学位、佐治亚理工学院物理学学士学位和电子工程硕士学位,以及马里兰大学巴尔的摩分校的荣誉科学博士学位。