Personally speaking, mills has been one of ibm s most familiar faces during my entire time as an it industry analyst. Rational is an important element of our ebusiness on demand initiative, said steve mills, ibm senior vice president and group executive, ibm software group. Steve mills who made some sense out of ibm s myriad homegrown and acquired software products, is retiring after 43 years at the company. Ibms steve mills on strategy, oracle, sap informationweek. Steve mills, senior vice president and group executive of ibm software group, sat down this week with industry editor barbara darrow and editor in chief michael vizard to discuss ibm s middleware. Mar 21, 2017 former ibm evp of software and services steve mills joins bridge growth partners as senior advisor. Ibm is fusing several pieces of software from several recent acquisitions to tackle this challenge, led by steve mills, senior vice president and group executive for ibm s software division. Ibm, microsoft get cozy over web services infoworld.
Steve mills who made some sense out of ibms myriad homegrown and acquired software products, is retiring after 43 years at the company. In 1995 sam palmisano unified all of ibms software offerings into a single organization called the ibm software group. Steve mills, ibm s senior vice president in charge of software and systems, said most companies are thinking vertical applications with their big data pilots. We are bringing ibm s deepest software and consulting capabilities into the heart of our fastgrowing client base in brazil and to the accelerating economies across latin america, said steve mills, senior vice president and group executive, ibm software, in attendance to open the lab. Mills became senior vice president and group executive of software at ibm. Big data and cloud, steve mills, senior vice president of ibm software and systems. Asset types releases video audio photos documents contacts events standard basic search. Steve mills, ibm s senior vice president for software, says microsoft is onedimensional. He took over his present role in july 2000 to shape ibm s overall software strategy coming a long way from the time he joined ibm in 1974 as a sales trainee. Oct 22, 2012 ibm eyes vertical applications for big data.
Mar 22, 2010 the enterprise software market has consolidated and changed dramatically over the past decade. If you need an expert on the economics of it, theres no one better than steve mills, senior vice president and group executive, ibm software and systems. Steve mills, big blues software chief, sits down with cnet to discuss the companys view on cloud computing and open source in the new year. Jan 08, 2016 that, in fact, is just what apparently happened at ibm in december, when it reportedly lost steve mills, the 43year company veteran who was most recently executive vice president of ibm software. Ibms steve mills talks oracle, watsons future network. Ibms steve mills talks software strategy network computing. Rationals complete, open software development platform can improve the speed, quality and predictability of software projects. The 34year ibm veteran doesnt put a lot of stock in the cloud computing for his.
Longtime ibm software boss steve mills has been elevated to a new post overseeing both ibm software and hardware. Ibms software guru is calling it quits blogspottips. The software goup realignment was outlined in memo sent out this morning by senior vice president and group executive steve mills. Steven mills senior advisor bridgegrowth partners llc. Steve mills, senior vice president and group executive of ibm software group, sat down this week with crn industry editor barbara darrow and editor in chief michael vizard to discuss. Steve mills, former executive vice president of ibm, joined the company in 1973 after graduating from union college.
He was closely associated with the growth of ibm s software business over the last 25 years. International business machines corp said on monday steven mills, executive vice president, software and systems, decided to retire on dec. Steven mills, executive vice president, ibm software and. This index of ibm biographies includes our senior executives and former ceos. Steve mills, the longtime ibm executive who oversaw the companys software and cloud efforts, is now a senior advisor for bridge growth partners, a. Neben dem langjahrigen softwarechef steve mills kehren auch danny sabbah, chief technology officer cto. Steve mills, ibms executive vice president of software and systems, has retired after more than four decades at big blue. Improving outcomes, changing lives with smarter care and social programs 1.
Steve mills greater atlanta area professional profile. Mills played a leading role in the growth of ibm software group since its inception in 1995. Mills has been with ibm since 1973, steadily gaining more responsibilities and bringing him to his current position where he sets the direction for more than 100,000 employees spanning. May 14, 2009 steve mills, svp of ibm software left, and dr.
Former ibm software exec steve mills joins bridge growth partners. Ibms steve mills sets software sights on middleware. Steves role in transforming ibms software business began in 1989 when he. John kelly, svp of ibm research, view stream computing technology. Steve mills, a 40year ibm veteran and a key player on the ibm management team for the past two decades, retired on december. Bill gates and steve mills, who runs ibm s software business, demonstrated progress on web services standards. That title was significant in that mills is the only executive vice president in ibms historyall of the other top leaders have been senior vice.
See the complete profile on linkedin and discover steve s. From my perspective, steve mills has set ibm software on the right path with the consistent software services he mandated. Mills most recently served as executive vice president of ibm, after joining the company in 1973, and was closely associated with the growth of ibm s software. The longtime software strategists experience buying. Jan 11, 2016 software group essentially gone with steve mills retirement january 11, 2016 timothy prickett morgan the old guard at big blue has been gradually retiring over the past several years, and one of the most influential leaders of ibm and one of the more intelligent, successful, and wellspoken of the companys top brass, retired at the end of 2015. The enterprise software market has consolidated and changed dramatically over the past decade. Steve mills, a 40year ibm veteran and a key player on the ibm management team for the past two decades, retired on december 31, according to several published reports.
Mills had been a senior executive in ibm s software group swg long before that, but his appointment as the groups svp in 2000 provided him a role that he had both the energy and imagination to take it to the limit. Software exec steve mills retires from ibm siliconangle. Steve mills, senior vp and group executive, ibm software group, says the company is sticking to its middlewarecentric growth strategy. John kelly, svp of ibm research, at ibm headquarters in armonk, n. The software industry, business customers and developers are increasingly demanding software that is based on open industry standards and enables integration integration of business applications across the enterprise and the value chain of customers and suppliers,said steve mills, ibm senior vice president and group executive, software group. View steve mills profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Steven mills senior advisor bridgegrowth partners llc linkedin. Software group essentially gone with steve mills retirement january 11, 2016 timothy prickett morgan the old guard at big blue has been gradually retiring over the past several years, and one of the most influential leaders of ibm and one of the more intelligent, successful, and wellspoken of the companys top brass, retired at the end of 2015. Steve mills, ibm s executive vice president of software and systems, has retired after more than four decades at big blue. Steve mills is an executive partner at bridge growth partners and currently serves as a director of accedian, marsh and mclennan, and syniti. Jan 06, 2016 the news on monday that steve mills, ibms evp of systems and software, has retired was a hell of a way to kick off 2016. Mills and several company executives convened in new york last week to unveil the fruits of their labor and their next foray.
Ibm and bengurion university announce new center for excellence. May, 2009 ibm press room steve mills, svp of ibm software left, and dr. Software group essentially gone with steve mills retirement. Steve mills, ibm s senior vice president in charge of the companys software solutions group, is responsible for shaping ibm s overall software strategy. Ibm s steve mills has long been known for his leadership of the companys software division, but last year he added hardware and systems to his responsibilities as well. He has held managerial and executive roles since 1982 steve s role in transforming ibm s software. Ibm and rational software sign agreement for ibm to acquire. Mar 21, 2017 steve mills, the longtime ibm executive who oversaw the companys software and cloud efforts, is now a senior advisor for bridge growth partners, a private equity firm in a statement, alok.
Longtime ibm exec steve mills joins bridge growth partners. Software group essentially gone with steve mills retirement it. Mills most recently served as executive vice president of ibm, after joining the company in 1973. Mills became senior vice president and group executive of software at ibm in 2000, and in january 2015 he was named executive vice president of ibm. Mills most recently served as executive vice president of ibm, after joining the company in 1973, and was closely associated with the growth of ibms software business over the last 25 years. That, in fact, is just what apparently happened at ibm in december, when it reportedly lost steve mills, the 43year company veteran who was most recently executive vice president of ibm software. Dec 08, 2010 ibm s mills ahead of technology curve longtime ibm veteran steve mills formally created big blues software group and is touted as a potential successor to ceo sam palmisano. Steven mills office 365 cloud support specialist actively seeking a position in tier 2 tech support, it support specialist, software training. Steve mills joined ibm in 1973 after graduating from new yorks union college with a bachelors of science degree. Former ibm evp of software and services steve mills joins. Mills, joined big blue fresh out of union college in 1973, according to his official bioand is. Steve mills, senior vice president and group executive of ibm s software group, sat down last week with industry editor barbara darrow and editor in chief michael vizard to discuss middleware, the. In this capacity, he was responsible for directing approximately 110,000 employees spanning development.
Ibm declined to comment on the moves, but a source inside the company confirmed the memos authenticity. Steve mills, who spent 43 years at ibm leading software and many acquisitions is now senior advisor at pe firm bridge growth partners. This is a webcast replay of the event which took place at 11. Steve mills joined ibm in 1973 after graduating new yorks union college and has held a variety of leadership positions throughout his ibm career.
Steve mills the senior vice president and group executive of ibm s software group talks about the benefits of opensource software, web 2. His early career at ibm was in sales working with clients in the telecommunications and financial markets industries. Last week at the ibm impact show in las vegas, i spoke with steve mills, ibm s head of software, and walter falk, ibm business development executive for cloud computing, about ibm s plans for. Ibm releases office desktop software at no charge to foster. Ibm is committed to opening office desktop productivity applications just as we helped open enterprise computing with linux, said steve mills, senior vice president and group executive, ibm software group. Global leader of software solutions for pitney bowes. You can browse for and follow blogs, read recent entries, see what others are viewing or recommending, and request your own blog. Rational cofounder and ceo mike devlin will serve as general manager of the division, reporting to ibm senior vice president and software group executive steve mills, ibm said. Steve mills, senior vice president, ibm software internetnews. Ibms steve mills has long been known for his leadership of the companys software division, but last year he added hardware and systems to his responsibilities as well. Mills has played a role in shaping the ibm software group since its inception in 1995, when he became responsible for ibm s middleware strategy and software solutions for ebusiness. Ibm opens its largest software development lab in north. Former ibm software exec steve mills joins bridge growth.
Steve mills, the ibm veteran who transformed that companys software strategy, is retiring. Steve mills, head of ibms software group, talked with computerworld about controversial issues ranging from the federal investigation of fraud at ca to offshore outsourcing. Ibm releases office desktop software at no charge to. Jan 29, 2003 while ibm doesnt expect linux to replace its own aix version of unix any time soon, big blue is pushing the opensource os in the that direction, steve mills, senior vice president of ibm s. Jul 22, 2010 ibm reorganization puts emphasis on hardware software integration. Steve mills, senior vice president and group executive at the ibm software group, is seldom shy about offering his opinions about soa, industry developments, or his competitors. Ibm systems magazine ibms steve mills on the economics. Ibms steve mills on ca, the sunmicrosoft pact, outsourcing. Mills was named executive vice president, ibm software and systems. Ibm news room computing breakthrough united states.
Nov 06, 2014 ibm health and social programs summit. Ibms steve mills talks oracle, watsons future oracle. Hes right up there with the best technology and industry executives, said ted schadler, an analyst at forrester research. He was closely associated with the growth of ibm s software.
View steven mills profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Steve mills joined ibm in 1973 after graduating from new yorks union college. In a rare display of public camaraderie, microsoft chairman bill gates and ibm software chief steve mills today cemented their respective companies commitment to working together on accelerating. Ibm reorganization puts emphasis on hardwaresoftware integration. A copy of the memo was obtained by intelligent enterprise. Ibm news room 20060905 ibm opens latin americas first. Steve mills, ibm s senior vice president in charge of software and systems, said most companies are thinking vertical applications with their big data. The news on monday that steve mills, ibm s evp of systems and software, has retired was a hell of a way to kick off 2016.