When Ginni Rometty steps down as CEO at IBM in April and her replacement Arvind Krishna takes the helm, more than eight years will have passed since she took the reins at Big Blue.

The executive helped lead a massive transformation, but IBM has had a bumpy financial ride throughout her tenure — at one time recording an astonishing 22 straight quarters of declining revenue.

To be fair, Rometty took over at a tumultuous time when technology was shifting from on-prem software stacks to the cloud.

Leading the wayRometty was the first woman to lead IBM in an industry where female CEOs are scarce.

Along with Safra Catz at Oracle and Lisa Su of Advanced Micro Devices, Rometty has been part of a small group of female CEOs at large technology companies. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580630729.3364096/Ginni-Rometty-leaves-complex-legacy-as-she-steps-away-as-IBM-CEO-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience