Background
Loughridge, Mark was born on December 19, 1953 in Leadville, Colorado, United States.
information technology executive
Loughridge, Mark was born on December 19, 1953 in Leadville, Colorado, United States.
He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, a bachelor"s degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University and completed studies at Ecole Nationale Superieure de Mecanique in Nantes, France.
He stands as International Business Machines Corporation"s longest-tenured Chief Financial Officer after nearly 10 years in the role. He joined the company in 1977, where he started as a development engineer in the Office Products Division in Lexington, Kentucky. He was also financial services manager for International Business Machines Corporation"s lab in Hursley, England. He held a number of senior positions including Vice President and International Business Machines Corporation Controller.
Vice President of Finance and Planning for International Business Machines Corporation Global Services.
Vice President of Finance for Sales and Distribution. Vice President of Finance for the International Business Machines Corporation Personal Systems Group, and Senior Vice President and General Manager of International Business Machines Corporation Global Financing before being named Chief Financial Officer in May 2004.
In July 2010, he also took on the Enterprise Transformation role to lead International Business Machines Corporation’s integration and transformation.