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As Executive Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise Solutions, Mary T. McDowell oversees Nokia's Enterprise Solutions business group. In this capacity Mary is responsible for development, manufacturing and customer engagement for Nokia's complete line of enterprise products and solutions, which includes its mobile business device range as well as security and mobile connectivity solutions.
Mary accepted her current position at Nokia in 2004. Prior to joining Nokia, Mary held the position of senior vice president of Strategy and Corporate Development at Hewlett Packard, where she was responsible for the company's overall strategic planning process. As part of the strategy charter, she was in charge of HP's business portfolio, major initiatives around new markets or new products, and the valuation, negotiation and execution of all corporate development activities across HP. She also led the corporate investment activity including minority equity, acquisitions, divestitures and venture activities.
A 17-year veteran of HP-Compaq, Mary has an impressive track record of success in building new business and is widely respected as an industry innovator. At HP-Compaq she served for five years as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Industry-Standard Servers, a $7 billion business and the world's largest server franchise.
In this role, Mary had worldwide P&L responsibility for HP's ProLiant server business, which held the number one position in a highly competitive market for over a decade. She also led HP-Compaq's expansion into new technology areas as well as business model transformation. Previous assignments include vice president of marketing for the server products division, director of strategic planning and director of systems product marketing. She joined Compaq as a systems engineer in 1986.
Mary has been a member of the Group Executive Board of Nokia since 2004.
Among her many credentials, Mary was named one of the Top 20 Women in Technology in Houston in 2000. She serves on the Board of Visitors for the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois.
Mary was born on July 23, 1964. She holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Illinois. | 