Vertiv, a US-based critical digital infrastructure provider, announced the appointment of Mike Giresi as Global Chief Information Officer (CIO).
Giresi has more than 30 years of IT experience, with more than 20 in chief leadership roles. Most recently, he served as Chief Digital Officer at Molex, a consumer electronics company.
He has previously served as Chief Digital & Technology Officer at Aramark, CIO of Royal Caribbean Cruises, CIO of Tory Burch, CIO of Direct Brands (Columbia House & Doubleday), and CIO, SVP IT for Godiva Chocolatier.
In his new role, Mike Giresi will lead company initiatives in AI adoption across the business, cybersecurity, product security, and digital-enabled productivity and customer experience.
Giordano (Gio) Albertazzi, Vertiv CEO, said, “Strong 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. Mike 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.”
Mike Giresi said, “I 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 digitization for hyper-scale, enterprise and edge customers.”
