HP Hires Stephen DeWitt to Lead Americas PC Business
PALO ALTO, Calif., March 13, 2008 - HP today announced it has hired Stephen DeWitt
as senior vice president for the Americas region of its Personal Systems Group (PSG),
effective immediately.
DeWitt, 42, reports to Todd Bradley, HP PSG executive vice president, and is responsible for driving the marketing, sales and operations strategy for the continued
growth of PSG in the United States, Canada and Latin America. PSG's portfolio includes
PCs, mobile products, client virtualization and connected entertainment solutions, Internet services and support for consumers, small to mid-size business and enterprise customers.
"From consumer software to midmarket and enterprise hardware, Stephen has more than
20 years of experience as a high-energy, hard-charging technology executive driving
product development, operations, marketing, direct and indirect sales, and customer
support," said Bradley. "He has demonstrated his ability to forge high-performing teams
that architect and execute aggressive strategies for profitable growth across a variety of Silicon Valley innovators, and I'm confident he'll do the same for PSG's largest region."
DeWitt joins HP from Azul Systems Inc., where he served as president and chief
executive officer from is earliest stages and most recently as the company's chairman.
Prior to Azul, DeWitt was vice president and general manager of Content Delivery and
Edge Computing at Sun Microsystems Inc., which he joined through the acquisition of
Cobalt Networks Inc., where he was president and chief executive officer. He also has
held executive positions at Cisco Systems and Symantec Corp.
He replaces Mike Larson, who is retiring following 12 years of executive leadership at
HP and Compaq.
DeWitt holds a bachelor's degree in finance and economics from Babson College in
Wellesley, Mass. He will be based in Cupertino, Calif.
About HP
HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers - from
individual consumers to the largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing,
personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among the world's
largest IT companies, with revenue totaling $107.7 billion for the four fiscal quarters
ended Jan. 31, 2008. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at
www.hp.com.
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