Lauren States
{{short description|American computer scientist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lauren C. States
| image = Lauren States filming the IBM Cloud Commercial.png
| birth_date = 1956
| birth_place =
| nationality = United States
| citizenship =
| education =
| alma_mater = University of Pennsylvania
| occupation = Chief Technologist
| employer = IBM
}}
Lauren States (born 1956) is a former chief of technology{{cite web |title=My Best Mistake: Lauren States |website=Forbes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022221443/https://www.forbes.com/2008/11/06/030.html |archive-date=2020-10-22 |url-status=live |url=https://www.forbes.com/2008/11/06/030.html}} and then vice president of strategy and transformation for IBM's Software Group Division.
Early life
Lauren States was born in the United States in 1956. Her mother was a successful nurse, and her father was one of the first black executives at the time, at Aetna Life and Casualty. States has said in interview that her parents were her first teachers in life, placing values in education, academic excellence, and confidence.{{Cite web |title=Lauren C. States |url=https://tnj.com/lauren-c-states/ |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=cms.tnj.comlauren-c-states |language=en}}
Life
States has held numerous senior executive positions within IBM Software Group, IBM Corporate Strategy, and IBM Sales and Distribution.{{cite web |title=Moderator Lauren States|url=https://it.vt.edu/resources/publications/spotlight/code/moderator.html}}
States holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Certificate in Business Excellence from Columbia University Business School Executive Education. She also completed a fellowship in Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative in 2015.{{cite web |title=Lauren States |url=https://advancedleadership.harvard.edu/people/lauren-states |website=Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative}}
States was named one of Savoy Magazine’s 2017 Power 300: Most Influential Black Corporate Directors.{{cite web |title=2017 Most Influential Black Corporate Directors |url=http://savoynetwork.com/2017mibcd/ |website=Savoy}} In 2014, she was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame.{{cite web |title=Our Team |url=https://codenation.org/team/ |website=CodeNation|date=13 July 2021 }}
States serves as a director for [https://codenation.org/ Code Nation] and a board trustee for International House of New York.{{cite web |last1=Dizdar |first1=Ivana |title=International House Trustee Spotlight: Lauren States |url=https://www.ihouse-nyc.org/news_events/international-house-trustee-spotlight-lauren-states/ |website=International House New York|date=29 January 2018 }}
States has developed a management system, consisting of around 4,200 field agents, and technical sales support teams that allows large and small corporations from around the globe to be able to deploy IBM.
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