Kyndryl announced the appointment of a new Chief Information Officer (CIO) and leadership changes in two of its major practices, Applications, Data and AI and Cloud. Kim Basile has been named Kyndryl's new CIO, succeeding Michael Bradshaw, who is assuming leadership of the company's Applications, Data and AI practice. Additionally, Nicolas Sekkaki has been named the Practice Leader for Kyndryl's Cloud practice.  As Kyndryl's new CIO, Kim will be responsible for building upon the technology foundation that Kyndryl's CIO team has developed over the past two years.

She will also focus on driving continuous improvement and enhancing the employee experience. Kim's career experience includes positions of increasing responsibility at Lockheed Martin, Leidos and Vanguard, prior to joining Kyndryl. In his role as Senior Vice President and Global Practice Leader for Applications, Data and AI, Michael will work in close partnership with Kyndryl Consult, their strategic alliance partners and their other practices, to prioritize and focus on helping customers modernize their complex technology environments and implement AI.

He most recently served as Kyndryl's Chief Information Officer and prior to that held senior leadership positions at NBCUniversal Media, Lockheed Martin and IBM. As Senior Vice President and Global Practice Leader for Cloud, Nicolas will help support Kyndryl's customers as they seize opportunities to modernize and transform with Cloud. He most recently served as Kyndryl's Global Practice Leader for Applications, Data and AI.

Prior to Kyndryl, he held several leadership roles at CMA CGM, IBM and SAP.