Xerox Holdings Corporation announced the promotion of Joanne Collins Smee to EVP and president, Americas, effective June 3, 2022. Collins Smee assumes responsibility for leading all go-to-market operations across the region following the retirement of Mike Feldman.
In this expanded role, she will focus on enhancing the way Xerox brings its portfolio of of-ferings to partners and clients of all sizes in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. Collins Smee will continue to serve as a member of the company’s Executive Committee and report to John Visentin, vice chairman and CEO.
“Joanne’s vision, expertise and proven track record make her a natural fit for this ex-panded role, and I am confident the Americas business will continue to succeed under her leadership,” said Visentin.
Collins Smee joined Xerox in September 2018 as chief commercial officer, leading the development and delivery of Xerox’s integrated technology solutions and services strategy. Since early 2020, she has served as EVP and chief commercial, SMB and chan-nels officer, leading the Xerox Business Solutions (XBS) team, which delivers products and services to SMB clients across the U.S., as well as the company’s Channels Business.
Before joining Xerox, she led Technology Transformation Services for the U.S. federal gov-ernment and spent more than 25 years at IBM in global executive roles, spanning client sales, support and delivery of technical products and services. Dedicated to helping others grow their careers, Collins Smee also serves as the executive sponsor of the National Black Employees Association (NBEA) employee resource group.
“Xerox continues to be a leader for cloud, digitization and printing solutions, and I’m proud of the technologies and services we’ve created to help our customers adapt to the changing hybrid workforce of today,” said Collins Smee.
In this expanded role, she will focus on enhancing the way Xerox brings its portfolio of of-ferings to partners and clients of all sizes in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. Collins Smee will continue to serve as a member of the company’s Executive Committee and report to John Visentin, vice chairman and CEO.
“Joanne’s vision, expertise and proven track record make her a natural fit for this ex-panded role, and I am confident the Americas business will continue to succeed under her leadership,” said Visentin.
Collins Smee joined Xerox in September 2018 as chief commercial officer, leading the development and delivery of Xerox’s integrated technology solutions and services strategy. Since early 2020, she has served as EVP and chief commercial, SMB and chan-nels officer, leading the Xerox Business Solutions (XBS) team, which delivers products and services to SMB clients across the U.S., as well as the company’s Channels Business.
Before joining Xerox, she led Technology Transformation Services for the U.S. federal gov-ernment and spent more than 25 years at IBM in global executive roles, spanning client sales, support and delivery of technical products and services. Dedicated to helping others grow their careers, Collins Smee also serves as the executive sponsor of the National Black Employees Association (NBEA) employee resource group.
“Xerox continues to be a leader for cloud, digitization and printing solutions, and I’m proud of the technologies and services we’ve created to help our customers adapt to the changing hybrid workforce of today,” said Collins Smee.