Ping Identity Welcomes Diane Gherson to Its Board of Directors
March 02 2021 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Former IBM HR Chief Brings Decades of People and Process
Expertise to Ping
Ping Identity (NYSE: PING), the Intelligent Identity solution
for the enterprise, announced that Diane Gherson has joined the
company’s board of directors.
Gherson served as Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) for
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) for seven years,
retiring in December 2020. At IBM, she was responsible for the
people and culture of the company’s 350,000+ global workforce.
During her tenure as CHRO, Ms. Gherson redesigned all aspects of
IBM’s people agenda and management systems to support a massive
shift in the business portfolio, shaping a culture of continuous
learning, innovation and agility. She championed IBM’s global
adoption of design thinking and agile methods at scale, driving a
company-wide, co-created overhaul of performance management.
Gherson holds a U.S. patent in the field of predictive analytics
and has been widely recognized as a high-impact, technology savvy
chief human resource officer who has redefined the human resources
profession. Ms. Gherson was named HR Executive of the Year by HR
Executive in 2018, and elected Fellow of the National Academy of
Human Resources (NAHR), the highest honor granted in the human
resources profession.
“Diane has defined the cutting edge in human resources with her
ability to drive positive business change through culture and
design thinking,” said Andre Durand, CEO and founder of Ping
Identity. “She has the unique ability to balance agility with
leadership, and her background will help ensure Ping stays ahead of
the curve when honoring the spectrum of unique experiences that
affect our employees. We are thrilled to have her on the team.”
In addition to her board position with Ping Identity, Ms.
Gherson also serves on the Boards of iCIMS, the National Academy of
Human Resources and is an executive advisory board member at Semper
Virens Venture Capital. Prior to joining IBM in 2002, Gherson led
the global compensation and performance practice at consulting firm
Willis Towers Watson. Gherson holds a bachelor’s degree from
Trinity College, University of Toronto, and a master’s degree in
industrial and labor relations from Cornell University.
About Ping Identity
Ping Identity is the Intelligent Identity solution for the
enterprise. We enable companies to achieve Zero Trust
identity-defined security and more personalized, streamlined user
experiences. The Ping Intelligent Identity™ platform provides
customers, workforce, and partners with access to cloud, mobile,
SaaS and on-premises applications across the hybrid enterprise.
Over half of the Fortune 100 choose us for our identity expertise,
open standards, and partnerships with companies including Microsoft
and Amazon. We provide flexible identity solutions that accelerate
digital business initiatives, delight customers, and secure the
enterprise through multi-factor authentication, single sign-on,
access management, intelligent API security, directory, and data
governance capabilities. For more information, visit
www.pingidentity.com.
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