Business Technology Podcasts

Ann Livermore
Executive Vice President
Technology Solutions Group
Hewlett-Packard Company

Ann Livermore leads HP’s Technology Solutions Group, a $33 billion-plus business that encompasses storage and servers, software and services. The products and services from this organization serve HP’s business customers of all sizes in more than 170 countries. Livermore has been involved with HP’s business customers for more than two decades. She joined HP in 1982 and has held a variety of management positions in marketing, sales, research and development, and business management before being elected a corporate vice president in 1995.

Originally from Greensboro, North Carolina, Livermore holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master’s degree in business administration from Stanford University. In 1997, Livermore was elected to the board of directors of United Parcel Service. Livermore also serves on the board of advisors at the Stanford Business School.

Thomas E. Hogan
Senior Vice President
HP Software
Technology Solutions Group
Hewlett-Packard Company

Thomas E. Hogan serves as senior vice president for HP's Software business with responsibility for all software functions, including sales, marketing, engineering, product development, operations and technical support. Prior to joining to joining HP in 2006, Hogan served as the president and chief executive officer of Vignette, a publicly held software company specializing in enterprise content management. Hogan began his career at IBM in 1982 and held a variety of executive posts, including his last assignment as vice president of midrange servers for the Americas region in 1999.

Tom holds a Masters of Management from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He also holds a Bachelors of Science in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Illinois.

John W. McCain leads HP Services, a business segment of the Technology Solutions Group. HP Services provides industry-leading knowledge and technologies to customers around the world and comprises three business units: Consulting and Integration, Technology Services, and Outsourcing Services.  A 20-year veteran of the services industry, McCain has held a number of key executive positions and has led startup companies, turnarounds and multi-billion dollar businesses. Before joining HP, McCain was the chief executive officer for a privately held offshore Business Process Outsourcing solutions provider. Prior to that, he was the chief executive officer of North America for Capgemini. Previous to Capgemini, McCain spent 16 years at Electronic Data Systems (EDS) where he held a number of leadership positions.

John holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and Administration from Indiana University, Bloomington and has completed postgraduate studies at the Wharton School of Business.

Olivier Helleboid
Vice president Adaptive Infrastructure
Technology Solutions Group
Hewlett-Packard Company

As vice president of Adaptive Infrastructure for HP’s Technology Solutions Group, Olivier Helleboid leads the strategy, development, and go-to-market of HP’s Adaptive Infrastructure solutions, helping customers reap the benefits of a next-generation data center. Having re-joined HP in 2005, Helleboid was vice president of operations for the HP Software business.  Previously, Helleboid held executive positions at BEA Systems and Rainfinity. Prior to that, he spent 20 years in the networking and server industry, including being the vice president and general manger for the HP OpenView Software Business Unit. Under his leadership, the HP OpenView business gained the No. 1 position in distributed management solutions and established itself as the industry leader in IT service management.

Helleboid received an engineer’s degree from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications in Paris, France. He received a Master of Science in management from the Sloan School of Management at MIT.