Nancy D. Pearson

Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer

Nancy Pearson is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Openlink Financial. A global leader and executive in technology for over 20 years, she excels in delivering results, creating new business opportunities and establishing strong brands to help drive digital transformation. She has been responsible for the integration of over 38 software acquisitions, and is an expert and industry speaker on cloud computing, cognitive business and digital disruption.

At Openlink, Nancy leads global marketing and strategy. She is responsible for advertising, demand generation, brand management, digital marketing, influencer marketing, storytelling and events.

Nancy was previously with IBM where she was CMO of the Cloud Unit and CHQ VP Marketing for Cognitive Business. While at IBM, she helped launch many early-stage strategic solutions into globally recognized brands including Linux, Watson, IBM Cloud, WebSphere, Tivoli and others. She has been recognized as a leader in the technology industry and was recently named as one of the top 25 women influencers in cloud computing in 2015 and one of 6 women who rocked the tech world.

Nancy holds a B.A. in psychology/human relations from Pace University, an M.S. in adult education/human resource development from Fordham University and an M.M. in market management from the Columbia Business School.