Christian Klezl is a Senior Vice President and Managing Partner at Kyndryl Holdings, an independent and multinational IT service provider listed on the NYSE that designs, builds, and runs large-scale information systems. Based in Vienna, Austria he is responsible for the Industrial sector industries worldwide, with a particular emphasis on Automotive and heading a dedicated group in support of Stellantis worldwide.

Mr. Klezl joined Kyndryl from IBM, where most recently he had been General Manager, IBM Global Sales responsible to drive sales, business development, field enablement, and transformation efforts for Red Hat, IBM’s strategic acquisition completed in July 2019. Prior to this assignment Mr. Klezl was General Manager, Red Hat Synergy on the Executive Leadership Team of IBM EMEA and before that Managing Director for the Daimler AG global integrated account at IBM, one of the most strategic corporate clients of IBM. Previously he spent four years at IBM Corporate Headquarters in Armonk, New York, responsible for worldwide sales, operations, and enablement of IBM Cloud, and leading the ‘Smarter Planet’ initiative at IBM Corporate Strategy.

Mr. Klezl headed IBM’s cloud computing business as part of the European leadership team from 2010 to 2011 and previously was assigned to Prague, Czech Republic as Vice President, IBM Global Technology Services in Central- and Eastern Europe (CEE).

He joined IBM in 1998, leading marketing and communications in Central- and Eastern Europe, Russia, the Middle East, and Africa. From 2000 to 2010, he held several line executive positions, including VP for Infrastructure Services in CEE, Russia, the Middle East, Austria, and Switzerland, Sales Director for IBM Global Services in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and CEE and various executive leadership roles for IBM Global Services Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) in Paris, France.

Before joining IBM, Mr. Klezl worked in IT sales and marketing, as an entrepreneur and consultant for corporate clients such as Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Philips, and Reuters, and as Managing Director for a European marketing consultancy network.

Mr. Klezl studied at the Technical University of Vienna, Austria. He holds a degree in marketing, a diploma in management, and an MBA from Henley Management College, UK.