Patricia F. Russo

Chairman at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Ms. Russo serves as the Chairman of our board of directors. She previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Alcatel-Lucent, a communications company, from 2006 to 2008; and as Chairman of Lucent Technologies Inc., a communications company, from 2003 to 2006 and Chief Executive Officer and President of Lucent from 2002 to 2006. Ms. Russo is also a director of Arconic Inc., an engineering and manufacturing company,, General Motors Company, an automotive company, Merck & Co., Inc., a pharmaceuticals company, and KKR Management LLC, the managing partner of KKR & Co., L.P. Ms. Russo previously served as the Lead Independent Director of Hewlett-Packard Company (now HP Inc.), an information technology company from 2014 to 2015, and as a director of Alcoa Inc., a metals and manufacturing company, and Schering-Plough Corporation from 1995 until its merger with Merck in 2009. Ms. Russo brings to our board of directors extensive global business experience, a broad understanding of the technology industry, strong management skills and operational expertise through her positions with Alcatel-Lucent and Lucent Technologies. In those positions, she dealt with a wide range of issues including mergers and acquisitions and business restructurings as she led Lucent’s recovery through a severe industry downturn and later a merger with Alcatel. Ms. Russo also brings to our board of directors public company governance experience as a member of boards and board committees of other public companies.

Timeline

  • Chairman

    Current role