CompuCom Names New Chief Executive Officer

CompuCom Systems, Inc., the Plano, Tex.-based infrastructure services company, announced that it has appointed Dan Stone as its new chief executive officer.

Stone previously served for two years as EVP and president, End-User Enablement, a role in which he helped IT executives manage the convergence of social interaction, mobility, Big Data and cloud.

Prior to joining CompuCom, Stone served as president and general manager of Lenovo Latin America, a $3B business division, where he led 7,000 employees across 15 countries and two continents, and operated six vertically integrated manufacturing sites. Previously, he was the chief strategy officer at Lenovo, leading the development and implementation of global corporate strategy technology investments, strategic partnerships/alliances, as well as post-merger management activities across the globe.

Stone becomes chief executive officer as CompuCom is accelerating its presence in the automation space, with the planned acquisition of the IoT business of Extensys, a provider of IoT solutions, and the integration of its core team.

CompuCom also recently partnered with intelligent automation leader Arago to integrate Arago’s problem-solving artificial intelligence solution into all of CompuCom’s managed services solutions for the data center.

Don Doctor, who has served as chief executive officer since January 2015, will serve on the company’s board of directors as executive chairman of the parent company board.

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As a company insider, Stone is familiar with the company’s team and strategy.