12.23.16
Xerox has named Steve Hoover, as CTO, effective Jan. 1, 2017. Hoover currently serves as CEO of PARC, A Xerox Company.
Hoover will be responsible for research and product development, reporting to Jeff Jacobson, CEO of Xerox following the company’s separation. In this role, Hoover will oversee the Xerox global research centers including the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), the Xerox Research Centre Canada and the Xerox Research Centre Europe, as well as Xerox’s globally distributed product development and engineering capabilities.
With more than 12,000 active U.S. patents, Xerox has a long history of innovation that includes the creation of the world’s first plain paper copier, the FAX, Ethernet, laser printing, the graphic user interface and computer programming that is the basis for today’s desktop and laptop computers.
Hoover joined PARC in 2011 after serving as VP of the Xerox Research Center of Webster. He has helped transform PARC from Xerox’s flagship research laboratory to a world-class R&D organization in the business of open innovation, providing technologies and custom innovation services to enterprises, start-ups and government agencies.
Hoover succeeds Sophie Vandebroek, who will retire at the end of this year. Vandebroek joined Xerox in 1991 and has served as the company’s CTO and president of the Xerox Innovation Group for more than a decade.
Hoover will be responsible for research and product development, reporting to Jeff Jacobson, CEO of Xerox following the company’s separation. In this role, Hoover will oversee the Xerox global research centers including the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), the Xerox Research Centre Canada and the Xerox Research Centre Europe, as well as Xerox’s globally distributed product development and engineering capabilities.
With more than 12,000 active U.S. patents, Xerox has a long history of innovation that includes the creation of the world’s first plain paper copier, the FAX, Ethernet, laser printing, the graphic user interface and computer programming that is the basis for today’s desktop and laptop computers.
Hoover joined PARC in 2011 after serving as VP of the Xerox Research Center of Webster. He has helped transform PARC from Xerox’s flagship research laboratory to a world-class R&D organization in the business of open innovation, providing technologies and custom innovation services to enterprises, start-ups and government agencies.
Hoover succeeds Sophie Vandebroek, who will retire at the end of this year. Vandebroek joined Xerox in 1991 and has served as the company’s CTO and president of the Xerox Innovation Group for more than a decade.
