Ann Martinelli Livermore (born 23 August 1958, in
GreensboroGreensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. According to the 2010 U.S...
,
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) was formerly an Executive Vice President at
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, where from 2004 until June 14, 2011 she led the HP Enterprise Business business unit of HP. After being relieved of day-to-day operations, she was elected to board of directors of HP. At the time, she was a 29 year veteran of the company and among existing senior management, the longest-service executive.
Livermore was her North Carolina high school's
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and she holds a
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in economics from the
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(earned the prestigious John Motley Morehead scholarship) and an
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from
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.
Livermore came to HP right out of graduate school.