Center for Effective Organizations

Mike Markovits

Mike Markovits is currently Vice President, Business and Technical Leadership, and is responsible globally for succession planning, leadership development (including management and executive development), technical and business leadership pipeline management, and executive recruiting.

Mike joined IBM in May 2004 as Vice President of GEOC (Global Executive and Organization Capability), responsible for succession planning, executive development, and organizational improvement consulting for IBM.

Before coming to IBM, Mike was at GE for 19 years. In his most recent role, he was at GE Crotonville, responsible for GE's leadership and executive education activities. Prior to that, Mike led GE Capital's Center for Learning & Organizational Excellence where he was responsible for training, education and change management globally for GE Capital. In the years prior to that, Mike held a successive series of HR, organizational change, and six sigma quality leadership roles within the Aerospace, Aircraft Engines, Plastics, and Financial Services business units at GE.

Mike has a BA from Oberlin College, a Masters in Education from Harvard, and an MBA from the Sloan School of Management, MIT.