Christine Leahy

Christine Leahy has served as Chair and CEO of CDW Corporation since 2019, leading one of America's largest multi-brand technology solutions providers. CDW helps over 250,000 organizations — from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, schools, and hospitals — design, procure, implement, and manage their IT infrastructure, spanning hardware, software, cloud services, and cybersecurity. Leahy joined CDW in 2002 and rose through the ranks in sales leadership, becoming COO before being named CEO. Her deep institutional knowledge of CDW's unique coworker-driven sales model — where technical specialists build long-term relationships with customers across all technology domains — gives her an nuanced understanding of how technology procurement decisions are actually made at the enterprise level. Under Leahy's leadership, CDW has accelerated its transformation from a product reseller (which earns lower margins) to a solutions and services provider (which earns higher margins and creates stickier customer relationships). The company has invested in cloud migration capabilities, cybersecurity consulting, AI/ML implementation services, and managed services that generate recurring revenue. Leahy's decisions on services mix expansion, customer segment penetration (particularly federal/government and healthcare), AI-driven demand capture, vendor partner strategy, and capital allocation between buybacks, dividends, and acquisitions are the primary drivers of CDW's stock performance.