Executive Vice President, Hewlett-Packard Company. Ann is Executive Vice President of Hewlett-Packard Company and general manager of its Technology Solutions Group. Before that, she was the general manager of the HP Services Business. Ann joined HP in 1982, was named marketing services manager for the Application Support Division in 1985, and was promoted to marketing manager of that division in 1989. Ann became the marketing manager of the Professional Services Division in 1991 and was named sales and marketing manager of the former Worldwide Customer Support Organization. Ann was elected a Vice President of HP in 1995 and was promoted to general manager of Worldwide Customer Support Operations in 1996. In 1997, she took on responsibility for HP's software businesses as general manager of the newly formed Software and Services Group. In 1998, she was named general manager of the new Enterprise Computing Solutions Organization and, in 2001, general manager of the Services Business. Born in Greensboro, N.C., Ann holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.