From January 2010 to January 2013, Bill McCracken was chief executive officer at CA Technologies, one of the world's largest information technology management software companies. He is now an executive advisor to the company. McCracken joined CA Technologies' board of directors in 2005, and held the roles of both non-executive and executive chair from 2007 – 2010. Prior to joining CA Technologies, McCracken held numerous executive positions at IBM during his 36-year tenure. He served as a member of the Chairman's Worldwide Management Council and general manager of IBM's printing division. Prior to those roles, he was president of IBM's EMEA and Asia PC Company, and a general manager of marketing, sales and distribution for IBM PC Company. McCracken is currently a member of the board of directors of MDU Resources Group, is the president of Executive Consulting Group, LLC, and was a director of IKON Office Solutions. In 2009, McCracken was named by NACD Directorship magazine as one of the top 100 most influential people in the boardroom, and in 2010 was also named to the NACD board. He was a commissioner of the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission (BRC) on Risk Governance, was co-chair of the BRC on Board Diversity, was a member of the BRC on Talent Development, and co-chair of the BRC on the Board and Long-Term Value Creation. McCracken was the New York Vice-Chair of CEOs Against Cancer and a member of the Business Roundtable. He is a member of the Economic Club of New York. McCracken chairs the board of Lutheran Social Ministries of New Jersey, and serves on the board of PENCIL, a nonprofit organization that partners businesses with public schools in New York City. He is the New York chair of the Chairmen's Forum, and is a member and vice-chair of the board of the Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership at Columbia.