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DALLAS, TX – April 21, 2022 – o9 Solutions, the leading AI-powered integrated business planning platform, welcomes a pioneer of transformative technologies and sustainable supply chains.
Pierre Liautaud was most recently EVP at KONE, and before that in leading roles at Microsoft and IBM. His business experience spans over 40 years in sales, marketing, and general management roles, with the past 20 years as a senior executive in both IT and Industrial sectors.
During his tenures at both IBM and Microsoft, Pierre advised global enterprises about the disruptive and transformative impact of technology on processes, people, and organizations to drive business success. At IBM, Pierre led the global e-commerce marketing initiative and later became Industry GM for Global Electronics. At Microsoft, Pierre led the Enterprise & Partner Group for EMEA and then moved to Area Vice President for Western Europe.
“Pierre is a visionary addition to the aim10x Executive Council. His experience in digital transformation at powerhouses like IBM and Microsoft means he brings with him an exceptional wealth of knowledge in IT. I’m looking forward to discussing the future of disruptive technologies and how they can help all companies revolutionize their supply chain processes in order to act with greater sustainability. Welcome, Pierre. I look forward to hearing all the expertise you will bring to the table.”
Chakri Gottemukkala
CEO - o9 Solutions
As Executive Vice President for South Europe, Middle East, and Africa and a member of the KONE Executive Board between 2011 and 2021, Pierre made significant contributions to the company’s strategic agenda, such as the extension of KONE’s geographical footprint in the Middle East and Africa as well the transformation of KONE Customer Experience. Pierre says:
“I am delighted to join such a great team at the aim10x Executive Council and contribute to o9 Solutions relevance and development towards more and more clients across industries. Over the past 40 years, I have developed a passion for technologies’ transformative impact on business. Given the systemic challenges that our planet is facing, I am convinced that we as business leaders can do much better to create more sustainable business models, and thus to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the 2015 Paris Climate Accords.”
Pierre Liautaud
EVP - KONE
About the aim10x Executive Council
The aim10x Executive Council is a network of visionary leaders who have built significant operating experience at some of the world’s largest companies. Together they will set the vision for all aspects of an integrated enterprise—from supply chain to finance, sales, and product development, which will lead to global enterprises that are more efficient, sustainable, and profitable. It is part of the broader ‘aim10x’ initiative sponsored by o9 Solutions, which aims to empower a global community of professionals who are dedicated to digitally transforming planning and decision-making capabilities. The aim10x Executive Council members are sharing their insights about leadership, strategy, change management, and Digital Transformation journeys through the aim10x Webinars, aim10x Podcasts, and aim10x Innovators Network.
For additional information, visit the website of the aim10x Executive Council.
About the authors
o9
The Digital Brain Platform
o9 Solutions is a leading Enterprise Knowledge and AI-powered platform helping companies build Agile, Adaptive & Autonomous Planning & Execution Models for transforming enterprise decision-making in environments of rising volatility and uncertainty. Whether it is improving forecast accuracy, matching demand and supply and driving collaboration across the multi-tier supply chain to improve resilience at optimal costs and inventory, or optimizing new product and commercial initiatives to drive revenue growth and margins, decision-making processes from long-range to tactical to execution horizon can be made faster and smarter and connected on o9’s Digital Brain Platform.
o9 brings together game-changing technology innovations — such as innovative enterprise knowledge graph modeling, big data analytics, advanced algorithms for forecasting, demand/supply balancing, scenario planning, real time learning, collaboration, generative and agentic AI, easy-to-use interfaces and cloud-based delivery, and innovative management methods — as well as organization, process and change management best practices to transform decision-making speed and intelligence.
