HP Enterprise Shuffles Senior Executives
June 27 2016 - 4:10PM
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. on Monday announced the planned
retirement of its research chief along with other management and
organizational changes, the latest signs the big technology company
wants to streamline operations and speed up decision-making.
Executive Vice President Martin Fink will retire at the end of
the year as chief technology officer and head of Hewlett Packard
Labs, the company said. That organization will be transferred to
the enterprise group, which is headed by Antonio Neri.
Chief Executive Meg Whitman, in an internal notice describing
the changes, said the shift will help "further accelerate the time
it takes to drive technology from research and development to
commercialization."
An HP Enterprise spokeswoman said it would begin a search for a
replacement for Mr. Fink, whom she said was unavailable to
comment.
HP Enterprise was created in November as part of the division of
Hewlett-Packard Co. into two companies. Ms. Whitman, who pushed for
the breakup, in May announced a plan to spin off a 100,000-employee
services business and merge it with Computer Sciences Corp.
Mr. Fink, 50 years old, joined H-P in 1995 and helped lead a
series of high-profile technology development efforts, including
the company's embrace of the Linux operating system and a public
cloud service that was recently discontinued. He has been closely
associated with a project called The Machine, an attempt to create
a new computer design that places a higher priority on innovation
in memory technology than traditional microprocessors.
"Our plans to preview The Machine prototype by the end of this
year remain on track," Ms. Whitman said.
Among other changes, the company said John Hinshaw, its chief
customer officer, will be leaving the company at the end of the
year. His position had included responsibility for HP Enterprise's
security business and internal information-technology operations.
Those operations will now be supervised by Chief Operating Officer
Chris Hsu, the company said.
The company also said it is folding separate sales teams into
one global sales organization within its enterprise group. It will
be led by Peter Ryan, who is currently a senior vice president and
managing director for Europe, Middle East and Africa.
HP Enterprise also plans to create a single marketing
organization under Henry Gomez, its chief marketing and
communications officer. Besides product marketing, his
responsibilities will now include e-commerce and customer advocacy,
the company said.
Write to Don Clark at don.clark@wsj.com
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