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Jim Whitehurst has recently been named as President and Chief Executive Officer of Red Hat.
Whitehurst joined Delta Airlines in 2002 serving in various roles most recently as Chief Operating Officer responsible for Operations Sales and Customer Service Network and Revenue Management Marketing and Corporate Strategy. Prior to joining Delta Whitehurst served as Vice President and Director of The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and held various leadership roles in their Chicago Hong Kong Shanghai and Atlanta offices. A native of Columbus Ga. Whitehurst graduated from Rice University in Houston Texas with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Economics. He also attended Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen Germany holds a general course degree from the London School of Economics and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Whitehurst 40 is married with two children. | 