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Antonio Neri joins Anthem board

By TechTaffy Desk

Antonio Neri, president of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, has joined the Anthem board of directors.

Prior to HP’s 2015 separation into two companies — Hewlett Packard Enterprise and HP — Mr. Neri served as senior vice president and general manager for HP Servers and HP Networking business units. During his tenure at HP, he also served as senior vice president and general manager of HP Technology Services Business Unit and senior vice president, HP Personal Systems Group Customer Services.

Mr. Neri will assume the role of CEO for Hewlett Packard Enterprise on February 1, 2018.

[Image courtesy: HPE]

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