Biography

Kirsten Kliphouse served as President of Google Cloud Americas, where she was responsible for leading and growing the sales, go-to-market, customer engagement, channel, and services organizations, from March 2022 until her retirement in July 2023. At Google Cloud, she also served as the Global Chair of the Aspiring Leadership Academy and Women@GoogleCloud. From July 2019 until March 2022, Ms. Kliphouse served as President of the North American division of Google Cloud. Ms. Kliphouse has also served as a member of the audit committees and boards of directors of Labcorp Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LH) since October 2022 and Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DNB) since July 2023, and has served on the technology committee and board of directors of Global Payments, Inc. (NYSE: GPN) since October 2023. Prior to Google Cloud, Ms. Kliphouse was Senior Vice President at Red Hat, Inc., a subsidiary of International Business Machines Corporation, from January 2018 to June 2019; Chief Executive Officer of Yardarm Technologies, a hardware and software solutions company, from February 2017 to December 2017; and founder and Chief Executive Officer of Scaling Ventures, a technology investment and advisory firm. Prior to her position at Yardarm, Ms. Kliphouse spent more than 25 years at Microsoft, Inc., where she was part of the executive leadership team and held numerous executive positions in Enterprise Sales, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), Partner and Channels, and as Corporate Vice President of Customer Support, Success and Professional Services, during which she led more than 10,000 employees globally. Ms. Kliphouse is a recipient of the Microsoft Founders Award for her superior leadership and contributions to the business. Ms. Kliphouse holds a degree in Computer Information Sciences and Business from Muhlenberg College.