Aymar de lencquesaing biography for kids

Faced with a huge challenge to drive a new enterprise business, Lenovo is mounting a high-stakes drive to become No. 1 in the cutthroat server business.

And, now, here in North America -- the most lucrative IT market in the world -- Lenovo has a new executive to lead the charge.

Aymar de Lencquesaing, a 30-year IT veteran and former Packard Bell CEO, was named two weeks ago president, Lenovo North America.

Lenovo names former Packard Bell CEO as new leader in North ...

De Lencquesaing reports directly to Gianfranco Lanci, president and COO of Lenovo, overseeing sales and daily operations for North America, a market worth $43 billion in total IT spending by Lenovo's estimate. De Lencquesaing wants a big piece of that market and, for starters, he wants to double Lenovo's current market share, starting with PCs, servers, storage and IT services.

"I want to see us double our business," he said.

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