HP chief will send grads off

Carly Fiorina, chair and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard, will be Caltech’s 110th commencement speaker on Friday, June 11, Caltech president David Baltimore announced.

One of the country’s best-known corporate executives, Fiorina has led HP since 1999. The company provides computing and imaging solutions and services, with a focus on “making technology and its benefits accessible to all.” She spearheaded the company’s 2002 merger with Compaq.

Prior to joining HP, Fiorina spent nearly 20 years at AT&T and Lucent Technologies, where she held a number of senior leadership positions. She holds a bachelor’s degree in medieval history and philosophy from Stanford University, an MBA from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park, and an MS degree from MIT’s Sloan School.

In July 2001, Fiorina was named an honorary fellow of the London Business School, and last year she received the 2003 Appeal of Conscience Award and the 2003 Concern Worldwide Seeds of Hope Award.
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