Verna Grayce Chao is a marketing and business development executive with 15 years of experience developing and commercializing new business opportunities and establishing strategic global partnerships across information technology, health care, life sciences, and aerospace in developed and emerging markets. Verna Grayce is currently responsible for setting Dell’s global marketing strategy in healthcare and Life Sciences industries. Prior to joining Dell, she spent 10 years at IBM in various marketing, sales, strategy and global innovation roles. Verna Grayce has also held marketing leadership roles in aerospace and Internet start-up firms. Verna Grayce holds a BA from Boston University and an MBA from The University of Chicago, Booth School of Business. She was born in Dallas, Texas, grew up in Guatemala City, and now lives with her husband and daughter in Hermosa Beach, California