Where Business Meets Technology: Red Hat

As chief information officer, Mike Kelly is responsible for leading the information technology (IT) organization at Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open-source solutions. Since joining the organization in 2016, Kelly has focused on leading the IT team as they provide the tools and technologies that enable Red Hatters every day.

Before joining Red Hat, Kelly served in senior leadership roles at McKesson Corporation, including as senior vice president of IT shared services and chief information officer of McKesson U.S. Pharmaceutical from October 2012 to August 2016 and senior vice president for enterprise application services from May 2011 to October 2012. Kelly also served as chief information and chief technology officer of McKesson Specialty Health, a division of McKesson Corporation, from October 2007 to May 2011, and as chief information officer of Oncology Therapeutics Network from October 2005 to October 2007.

Kelly earned his MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business and his undergraduate degree in finance and accounting from Southern Methodist University.