American Airlines named Ganesh Jayaram as its new EVP and
chief digital and information officer, effective Sept. 1, the company announced
Monday. Jayaram will report to American CEO Robert Isom. He will succeed Maya
Leibman, who previously announced she is relocating to the United Kingdom, and
who had been the carrier’s CIO since January 2012.
Jayaram most recently was CIO at Deere & Co., where he
spent more than 15 years, according to American. He also previously worked at
Danaher Corp., Canon USA and Boston Consulting Group.