What Happened?
Naperville, IL-based Tellabs has appointed Jean Holley as Chief Information Officer.
About the Company
Connecting is more than switches and cables. Connecting is expertise, applied. More and more enterprise and government entities see the dramatic advantages that passive optical solutions have over traditional copper-based infrastructure. Whether it`s for home or hospital, corporation or college, hotel or government agency, Tellabs has the expertise. Tellabs helps customers connect through our optical network technologies.
About the Person
Jean K. Holley is Group Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer at Brambles Limited. As a member of the executive team and is directly responsible for leadership on technology trends and industry futures, including the mobile internet, enterprise and consumer computing and all aspects of IT strategy development, implementation and global IT operations for Brambles and CHEP worldwide. Brambles Ltd. is the global leader in pallet and container pooling solutions, serving a wide variety of manufacturers and global retailers. Prior to joining Brambles, Holley served as EVP/CIO for Tellabs, where she was a member of the executive team responsible for defining and executing company strategy. She was responsible for IT strategy, execution, outsourcing and global operations. Prior to Tellabs, Holley served as CIO for USG Corp and various leadership positions for Waste Management, Digital Equipment Corp and Inland Steel. Currently, she is a member of the board of directors for VASCO Data Security International, Inc, a global provider of enterprise-wide security solutions. At VASCO, she is on the Audit, Compensation and is chairman for the Governance Committee. Currently Holley serves on the Georgia CIO Advisory (GCLA) Board in Atlanta and Women in Technology board. Holley has also served on the board of trustees for Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and Missouri University Science & Technology. She worked on multiple key strategic including renaming and rebranding the university, marketing to emphasize STEM increasing engineering and technology based enrollment. Holley was inducted into the Women in Science and Engineering Hall of Fame at Missouri University Science & Technology, where she also received an honorary professional degree. She received the Spotlight Award from the Chicago Software Assoc, has been listed by ComputerWorld as one of the top 100 CIOs, and received the “CIO of the Year” award from the Assoc of IT Professionals (AITP).
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