president of corporate alliances and business development at Pretzel Logic Software. In November 2000, Lord left Pretzel Logic to become the executive vice president of North America Razorfish. In 2002, he became the chief operating officer of Razorfish Inc. Then in 2003, Lord successfully sold Razorfish to SBI Inc. and became executive vice president of SBI-Razorfish Inc. In 2004, Lord became the East Region president of Razorfish, a subsidiary of aQuantive (AQNT). Three years later, he went on to serve as the East Region president of Razorfish, a subsidiary of Microsoft. Then in 2010, Lord became the global CEO of Razorfish, subsidiary of Publis Group. Continuing his role as a CEO, Lord went on to serve as the global CEO of VivaKi Interactive at Razorfish in 2011. During his time at Razorfish, Lord co-authored the book Converge: Transforming Businesses at the Intersection of Marketing and Technology (), which discusses how technology, media, and creativity are uniting and how this shift is revolutionizing marketing and business strategy.[2] In 2013, Lord left Razorfish to work as CEO of AOL Platforms. Then, in 2015 Lord became the president of AOL. Lord grew AOL revenues from $1.5 B to over $3.0 B through both mergers and aquistions and organic growth. He then sold AOL to Verizon for $4.4 billion in June 2015 and positioned AOL to become a world leader in the Mobile Media landscape. Following his success at AOL, Lord joined IBM. IBM In early 2016, Lord started his career at IBM as the company’s first chief digital officer. In this role, Lord oversaw the Digital Platforms team, Digital Sales organization, Digital Marketing, Routes to Market and Offering teams, and IBM's Developer and Startup Ecosystem [1]. In 2019, Lord became senior vice president of IBM’s Worldwide Ecosystems, managing the $4B portfolio including IBM’s Supply Chain, IOT and Talent product lines. During this time, Lord also launched Call for Code, the largest and most ambitious effort to bring together software developers across the globe with the goal of tackling pressing societal issues with the use of advanced technologies and cutting-edge solutions. To date, more than 500,000 developers and problem solvers across 180 nations have answered the call. Currently, Lord is the IBM senior vice president of The Weather Channel and Alliances, overseeing The Weather Company, Watson Advertising, and TradeLens. He is responsible for driving growth within these organizations and leading IBM’s strategic partnership transactions.