Mary T. McDowell | |
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Born | 1964 (age 59–60) [1] Chicago, Illinois, US |
Education | U. Illinois - Engineering BS, 1986 Computer Science |
Occupation | Business executive |
Mary T. McDowell (born 1964) is an American technology executive. [2] [3] From 2019-2021, she was CEO of Mitel, [4] [5] a global business communications provider. Prior to that, McDowell was CEO for Polycom from 2016 [6] until its sale to Plantronics in 2018. [7] While at Polycom, she led a strategic pivot to open ecosystems [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] and bought Obihai to strengthen the company’s phone and cloud products. She is on the boards of Autodesk [13] and Informa plc. [14]
At Nokia she was in charge of its mobile phone division [15] and oversaw the introduction of Nokia Asha feature phones, [16] Nokia Life Tools, [17] and Nokia Money. [18]
Before Nokia, she worked at Compaq/Hewlett Packard from 1986 to 2003, [19] where she was at one point in charge of its server division. [20] In 2012 she was described as one of ten "disruptive individuals" reshaping the mobile phone industry. [21]
In 2018, she was recognized as one of the top 10 women in telecommunications. [22] She is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Engineering. [23]
McDowell is married to Kevin Longgino, the CEO of the National Kidney Foundation. [24]
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...Mary McDowell, 40 -- SVP; General Manager, Enterprise Solutions, Nokia -- After leaving her strategy job at HP late last year, McDowell now oversees Nokia's new products, like wireless phones that double as computers--a centerpiece of the company's growth strategy....
...In finding a new position for McDowell, HP is hoping to put to rest speculation that the executive might head to one of HP's rivals in the server business....
...HP DENIED THAT MARY McDowell, top Compaq executive, was leaving the ship, as you can read in this story, published in July....
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)Mary has a unique combination of technology and management experience leading multi-billion-dollar consumer and enterprise technology businesses in mobile, telecom, and enterprise sectors that make her a great fit for this role," said Frank Baker, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Siris Capital.
...With the addition of Polycom's solutions across video, audio and collaboration we will be able to deliver a comprehensive portfolio of communications and collaboration touch points and services to our customers and channel partners," Plantronics CEO Joe Burton said in a statement....
...McDowell says, "At Polycom, 40% of our executive team is female. I was fortunate to "grow up" at a time when the industry was more geek and less bro....
...Polycom's conference room speakers and video monitors have been staples in corporate boardrooms for decades. The company's sales growth hit a rough patch in recent years, but a $2 billion takeover has given it a new lease on life. Polycom CEO Mary McDowell appears on Bloomberg North with Anthony Lacavera to talk about the company's strategic shift.....
...Polycom raised some eyebrows earlier this year when it announced a partnership with longtime competitor, Zoom. The deal was such a surprise because industry watchers in part link the ease of use and cloud-first approach of Zoom and companies like it to the decline that forced Polycom into retooling as a private company....
...Polycom is expanding its cloud capabilities for enterprises and service providers as part of a larger strategic shift that started when the collaboration technology vendor became a private company in 2016....
...The world's top mobile phone maker Nokia said on Wednesday it would launch a mobile financial service next year targeting consumers, mainly in emerging markets, with a phone but no banking account...
...Mary McDowell, who joined Houston-based Compaq in 1986, until recently was running a key server division and serving as senior vice president of strategy and corporate development at Hewlett-Packard. ... Nokia announced McDowell will start as head of its enterprise solutions group....
..."The little fish ultimately will eat the big fish," says Mary McDowell, general manager of Compaq's server division....
...Sometimes disruption comes in the form of business innovation ... Executive vice president Mary T. McDowell leads Nokia's Mobile Phones business unit, which accounts for about half of Nokia's business....
...Mary McDowell is the chief executive officer and member of the board for Polycom, Inc. Prior to joining Polycom, Mary was in charge of Nokia's Mobile Phones unit, where she successfully improved on Nokia's No. 1 position in feature phones. Mary made her way up the corporate ladder at Nokia by changing their bureaucratic system...