Mike Trauffler has extensive work experience in finance and accounting roles. Mike started their career at Kraft Foods, where they held various positions from analyst to assistant controller, managing financial evaluations, and overseeing the development of operational and strategic plans. Mike then joined Compaq Computer Corporation as a controller and director, responsible for mergers and acquisitions and financial reporting and analysis. Later, they joined Hewlett-Packard, where they served as Vice President, Global Process Controller, ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of balance sheet accounts. Mike also held the role of Senior Director, Internal Audit, assessing risks and executing operational audits. Trauffler played a crucial role in the HP/Compaq integration, achieving significant annualized savings. Overall, they have demonstrated strong leadership skills and a track record of driving financial growth and efficiency in large organizations.
Mike Trauffler earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Accounting from the University at Buffalo, where they studied from 1976 to 1980. Mike later pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Finance / Strategy from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, completing their studies from 1984 to 1986.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) is an enterprise information technology company headquartered in Houston, Texas. HPE was formed in 2015 as the result of Hewlett-Packard’s split. HPE focuses on servers, storage, the cloud, networking, software, finance, and other enterprise services. Hewlett Packard Enterprise serves customers ranging from small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) to global enterprises to government entities. HPE’s solutions allow their customers to to capture, analyze, and act on data insights, enabling more efficient operations, better customer and employee experiences, and new business models. HPE operates six business segments: Compute, HPC & AI, Storage, Intelligent Edge, Financial Services ("FS"), and Corporate Investments and Other. Compute is HPE’s server segment, which provides infrastructure for traditional and cloud-native applications, as well as a flexible consumption-based Compute as-a-service through HPE GreenLake. HPC & AI provides hardware and software solutions across multiple categories, including High Performance Compute ("HPC"), Data Solutions, and Edge Compute on the hardware side, and HPE Superdome Flex, HPE Nonstop and HPE Integrity as their software solutions. The HPC & AI segment allows HPE customers to execute data-intensive and high performance computing, access their data, and extract actionable insights. HPE Storage is a cloud data and storage as-a-service solution which simplifies IT for customers. HPE Storage allows customers to easily access their data in the cloud while protecting it from ransomware and cyber threats. The Intelligent Edge business is comprised of a portfolio of secure edge-to-cloud solutions operating under the Aruba brand. The Intelligent Edge is the connection point from the physical to the digital world for people, devices, and the general internet-of-things ("IoT"). Financial Services ("FS") helps customers transition to and use HPE services by providing them with flexible solutions for leasing, IT consumption, technology deployment, and financing. Finally, HPE’s Corporate Investments and Other segment, which includes the Advisory and Professional Services ("A & PS") business, offers consultative-led services such as partner technology expertise, implementation services, and includes Hewlett Packard Labs, HPE’s research and development arm.