John Allessio

John Allessio joined Red Hat in September, 2014 as Vice President, Global Services. He is responsible for consulting services, training services, and business partner enablement, globally. This organization of more than 1400 professionals has the mission to ensure client success with Red Hat technologies.  

Prior to joining Red Hat, John Allessio had a more than 27-year career with IBM. John’s most recent role at IBM was Vice President, software services, support, and success - industry solutions. He has held numerous technical, sales, management, and executive roles within IBM Software Group and IBM Sales & Distribution.

John has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree from Wayne State University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan.