Kerrie Holley

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kerrie Holley
Occupation	Computer Scientist
Date Of Birth	Sep 7, 1954(1954-09-07)
Age	70
Birthplace	Chicago
Country	United States
Birth City	Chicago
Horoscope	Capricorn

Kerrie Holley Biography

Kerrie Holley is one of the most popular and richest Computer Scientist who was born on September 7, 1954 in Chicago, Chicago, United States. Born in 1954, Holley was raised by his maternal grandmother on Chicago’s south side. While never having met his father and living in a neighborhood marked by poverty and gang activity, Holley defied social odds by channeling his love for math and science through his academic studies. He became a student at the Sue Duncan Children’s Center in 1961 where he was tutored in math and science. As he excelled in the program, he became a tutor at the center, later tutoring former United States Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan and actor Michael Clarke Duncan. After graduating from Kenwood Academy in 1972, Holley went on to receive his Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from DePaul University in Chicago; followed by a Juris Doctor Degree in 1982 from DePaul University College of Law. In 2016, Holley was conferred a Doctor of Humane Letters from DePaul University, College of Communication / College of Computing and Digital Media.

For his work Holley was recognized as an IBM Fellow. In 2000 he was appointed to IBM Distinguished Engineer and in that same year elected to IBM’s Academy of Technology for his sustained contributions in designing high performance financial services applications. Holley is a co-patent owner of the industry’s first SOA method and SOA maturity model, which helps companies develop SOA- based applications and infrastructures. Holley’s experience with cognitive services and analytics at IBM prompted Cisco to ask him to join, to mature their analytics software and automation portfolio focused on machine learning and streaming analytics. In 2016, the opportunity and challenge to contribute to UnitedHealth Group mission to help people live healthier lives and make health care work better made an easy decision for him to join Optum Technology. At Optum, Holley is focused on advancing UnitedHealth Group in several strategic imperatives: Artificial Intelligence with a focus on machine learning and deep learning, IoT, Genomics, and Cybersecurity. Holley leads the UnitedHealth Group Fellow, Distinguished Engineer, and Principal Engineer Technical Leadership Career Program.

In November 2010 Holley’s first book “100 SOA Questions: Asked and Answered” was published. The book describes how enterprises can adopt service-oriented architecture. His next book “Is Your Company Ready for Cloud”, co-authored with Pam Isom, was released in 2012.

Holley joined IBM in 1986 as an advisory systems engineer. In 1990 he became an analytics consultant with IBM’s consulting group, now called IBM Global Business Services. He was appointed chief technology officer of IBM’s GBS, AIS and IBM’s SOA Center of Excellence where he works with clients to create flexible applications that enable companies to respond to rapidly changing markets. SOA (service-oriented architecture) is a software design methodology based on structured collections of discrete software modules, known as services, that collectively provide the complete functionality of a large or complex software application.

Kerrie Holley Net Worth

Kerrie Holley is one of the richest Computer Scientist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kerrie Holley 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kerrie Lamont Holley (born September 7, 1954) is an American software architect, author, researcher, consultant, and inventor and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Technology’s first Technical Fellow. Holley is a retired IBM Fellow. Holley served as vice president and CTO at Cisco responsible for their analytics and automation platform. Holley is known internationally for his innovative work in architecture and software engineering centered on the adoption of scalable services, next era computing, service-oriented architecture and APIs. Holley is currently focused on AI in healthcare with an emphasis on machine learning and deep learning. Holley currently serves as a trustee board member for DePaul University.

The criteria for appointment are stringent and take into account only the most significant technical achievements. Appointment as an IBM Fellow, is made by the chairman, president and chief executive officer, and is a career designation. Since 1963, 217 IBM Fellows have been appointed. Of these, 73 are active employees (as of May 2010).

Holley was a Fellow in the Thomas J. Watson Research Center focused on scalable business services and API economy. Previously, he served as a CTO for IBM Global Business Services. In 2006 he was named an IBM Fellow, the company’s highest technical leadership position. The Fellows program, founded by Thomas J. Watson in 1962, promotes creativity among IBM’s most exceptional technical professionals. The IBM Fellow recognition is the most prestigious recognition in the IBM technical community where the criteria for appointment includes:

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Kerrie Ranked on the list of most popular Computer Scientist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Kerrie Holley celebrates birthday on September 7 of every year.

What is Kerrie Holley known for?

Holley served as vice president and CTO at Cisco responsible for their analytics and automation platform. Holley is known internationally for his innovative work in architecture and software engineering centered on the adoption of scalable services, next era computing, service-oriented architecture and APIs.

When was Kerrie Holley born?

September 7, 1954 (age 67 years)