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Jesus Mantas

Sr. Managing Partner

IBM Services

New York, NY, USA

Biography

Jesus Mantas is the Senior Managing Partner for IBM Services, a $17B unit of IBM. Jesus is also leading IBM’s transformation efforts following the company’s acquisition of Red Hat. He is a member of IBM Services Executive Board, GBS' Global Executive Board, IBM Chairman’s Acceleration Team and he chairs the IBM Hispanic diversity council.

Prior to his current role, in the last ten years Jesus has been at the helm of IBM Business Consulting unit, IBM Global Processing unit, and Global Business Services in Latin America. Prior to IBM, he was a Partner in the High Technology practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

In addition to his IBM duties, Jesus serves on the Board of Directors of Biogen Inc (BIIB), the world leader in neuroscience; he also serves on the Global AI Council of the World Economic Forum Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. He has been recognized for his leadership by Great Minds in STEM, and awarded Top 100 Hispanic Executives in Technology and Top 25 Global Consulting leaders by Consulting magazine.

Jesus has a master’s degree in Telecommunications and Software Engineering, a Business Administration degree from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain and served as an officer in the Spanish Air Force.

Jesus Mantas’ Newsfeed

PR Newswire

Hispanic Star Kicks Off Hispanic Heritage Month with Virtual Opening Ceremony

"We all depend on this constituency for the U.S. economy and jobs to continue to grow, and that requires that we help more Hispanics with education, economic development and leadership advancement opportunities" said Jesus Mantas, Senior Managing Partner, IBM Services.

IBM

IBM Study: Consumers' COVID-19 outlook, optimism and preferences vary greatly across ...

...generations and geographies. "Our data tells us that many individuals are looking for more transparency and flexibility from their employers as they navigate this great uncertainty caused by the pandemic," said Jesus Mantas, senior managing partner, IBM Services. "Organizations need to focus on building trust with their workforce and customers, and agility to deliver solutions that meet them where they are."

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Jesus Mantas’ Background

IBM Services

Sr. Managing Partner

Jan 2018 - Present

New York, NY, USA

IBM Services is a leader in the Information Technology and Services industry dedicated to working with clients to design effective solutions for a range of technology and design needs.

IBM Services

Managing Partner & General Manager, IBM Business Consulting

Jan 2016 - Present

New York, NY, USA

IBM Services is a leader in the Information Technology and Services industry dedicated to working with clients to design effective solutions for a range of technology and design needs.

IBM Services

General Manager

Oct 2014 - Jul 2016

New York, NY, USA

IBM Services is a leader in the Information Technology and Services industry dedicated to working with clients to design effective solutions for a range of technology and design needs.

IBM Services

Managing Partner

Jul 2010 - Oct 2014

Austin, TX, USA

IBM Services is a leader in the Information Technology and Services industry dedicated to working with clients to design effective solutions for a range of technology and design needs.

IBM Services

Partner & Vice President

Oct 2002 - Jul 2010

Irvine, CA, USA

IBM Services is a leader in the Information Technology and Services industry dedicated to working with clients to design effective solutions for a range of technology and design needs.

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Partner

1997 - 2002

Irvine, CA, USA

PwC is a multinational professional services network with headquarters in London. It is the second largest professional services firm in the world, and is one of the Big Four auditors.

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Current Board Positions

Biogen

Board Director

Jun 2019 - Present

Cambridge, MA, USA

Biogen are pioneers in neuroscience. Biogen discovers, develops & delivers worldwide innovative therapies for people living with serious neurological & neurodegenerative diseases as well as related therapeutic adjacencies.

Media

IBM Think Digital Event Experience

Interview

May 2020

New York, NY, USA

Jesus Manta joins Dave Vellante, host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile livestreaming studio, during the IBM Think Digital Event Experience. They discussed the impact of COVID-19 on behavioral change, disruption to Fortune 500 companies caused by failure to digitally transform, and dependence on automated tools to analyze global data on a much wider scale.

Bloomberg: The Year Ahead: Redefining Corporate Responsibility

Panel

Jan 2020

Davos, CH

A conversation between musician and entrepreneur will.i.am and Senior Managing Partner of IBM Jesus Mantas about using technology to create a more equal society at Bloomberg’s The Year Ahead: Redefining Corporate Responsibility in Davos, Switzerland.

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Accreditation

IBM

The IBM Way

New York, NY, USA

The IBM Way is the IBM Services way of thinking and acting. It’s focused on embedding innovation, consistency and quality in everything we do, and it’s how we seek to redefine and differentiate IBM Services for the Cognitive Era.

IBM

Enterprise Design Thinking

New York, NY, USA

Enterprise Design Thinking is IBM's approach to applying design thinking at the speed and scale a modern enterprise demands. It helps our teams not only form intent, but deliver outcomes - outcomes that advance the state of the art and improve the lives of the people they serve.

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Publications

World Economic Forum

Author: "Empathic AI could be the next stage in human evolution - if we get it right"

Jul 2019

Geneva, CH

In this article, Jesus Mantas, Managing Partner at IBM Services, discusses the need for developing human-centric AI interactions, with emotional capabilities becoming a more important aspect of these relationships. This would, Jesus writes, develop trusted relationships between AI and humans and bring about a great opportunity for human and societal advancement in the modern era.

World Economic Forum

Author: "Why artificial intelligence is learning emotional intelligence"

Sep 2018

Davos, CH

In this article, Jesus Mantas shares his expertise in changing how we view the relationship between humans and AI, stressing that in order for AI to be most beneficial, we must move from a one-way street of AI working for us, obeying commands, to a two-way street where we teach technology to relate to people, as much as we train people to use technology.

Awards & Endorsements

2019 HITEC Top 100

Honoree

2019

New York, NY, USA

The HITEC (Hispanic IT Executive Council) 100 is comprised of the 100 most influential and notable Hispanic professionals in the technology industry.

Consulting Magazine Top 25 Global Leaders in Consulting

Honoree

2019

New York, NY, USA

Consulting magazine aims to highlight the very best in the consulting profession. 2019 was the Year Two of their Global Leaders in Consulting award.

Speaking Engagements

Webit.Festival Europe 2019

Speaker

May 2019

Sofia, BG

Jesus Mantas speaks about Digital Darwinism and the world of Designed Empathy at the Webit.Festival Europe 2019.

Jesus Mantas’ Education

Harvard Business School

Corporate Governance

2019 - 2020

Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

Post-degree studies, Business Administration

1991 - 1994

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