{"id":74560,"date":"2025-06-17T12:23:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T11:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/?p=74560"},"modified":"2025-06-17T12:23:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T11:23:04","slug":"vertiv-names-mike-giresi-as-global-cio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/2025\/06\/17\/vertiv-names-mike-giresi-as-global-cio\/","title":{"rendered":"Vertiv names Mike Giresi as Global CIO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Giresi to further reinforce Vertiv\u2019s digital and AI strategy, in support of executional strength, superior customer experience and operational leverage<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/06\/Mike-Giresi-3-web-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142180\" style=\"width:218px;height:auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">         <em>Mike Giresi<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Vertiv has announced that Mike Giresi will join the company on June 30, 2025 as global Chief Information Officer (CIO), leading company initiatives in AI adoption across the business, cybersecurity, product security and digital enabled productivity and customer experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cStrong digital and IT vision and execution are central to our strategy to continue to lead the industry and constantly augment the value we are delivering to our customers,\u201d said Giordano (Gio) Albertazzi, Vertiv CEO. \u201cMike deeply understands the opportunities of a rapidly evolving AI, digital and IT space and has the experience, the executional focus and expertise to reinforce our competitive advantages.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Giresi said: \u201cI am excited to join Vertiv, helping the global teams to create accretive value through advancement of company digital strategy initiatives. By continuing to evolve and improve Vertiv customer experience, product development and manufacturing capabilities, we will take the next steps towards enabling accelerated adoption of AI and digitisation for hyperscale, enterprise and edge customers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most recently Chief Digital Officer with consumer electronics company Molex, Giresi has more than 30 years of IT experience, with more than 20 in chief leadership roles. He has previously served as Chief Digital &amp; Technology Officer at Aramark, CIO of Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., CIO of Tory Burch, CIO of Direct Brands (Columbia House &amp; Doubleday), and CIO, SVP IT for Godiva Chocolatier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Giresi earned an EMBA from Saint Joseph\u2019s University \u2013 Erivan K. 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