DXC Technology has named Holly Grant as President of AI Innovation and Strategy & LabX, expanding the AI-native product incubator's remit to include the company's commercial AI partner platform strategy. The move, which puts Grant in charge of both product incubation and platform delivery, signals a sharper focus on turning AI capabilities into scalable customer solutions.
LabX's expanded mission
LabX, launched in April, will now house the AI Platforms Engine, bringing together DXC's offerings across Amazon Quick, Anthropic's Claude, and Microsoft Copilot. The combined unit will design, build, and deploy AI solutions through an open ecosystem, giving customers the flexibility to select technologies that fit their business. DXC plans to embed tens of thousands of forward-deployed engineers directly into customer environments to accelerate what it calls agentic AI transformation.
Grant will continue to report to CEO Raul Fernandez and lead enterprise strategy and innovation for DXC. The expanded structure, Fernandez said, reinforces an operating model with a fast track for high-growth opportunities alongside a core track focused on strengthening mature business lines.
What leadership says
Fernandez described Grant as "a driving force behind our AI strategy" and said LabX gives the company "a strong foundation for what comes next." He added: "She has the vision and acumen to turn bold ideas into action with speed, and I am confident she will build LabX into an even more powerful growth engine for DXC."
Grant pointed to the gap between AI interest and results. "Our customers are no longer asking whether AI matters. They are asking who can turn it into meaningful business results," she said. "By combining our deep industry knowledge with expertise across leading AI platforms, LabX will help customers move beyond pilot purgatory and deploy AI at scale across their core systems."
Grant's track record
Since joining DXC, Grant has helped shape the company's AI strategy and built LabX into an AI-native product incubation capability. She also led enterprise strategy and strategic operations, advancing DXC's transformation agenda. Before DXC, she served as Chief Operating Officer at Long-Term Stock Exchange (LTSE), where she helped scale the organization during a growth phase, building on a career leading strategic initiatives at high-growth technology companies.
Why this matters for executives and strategy
Grant's appointment reflects a structural bet that AI innovation must be tightly coupled with commercial delivery to avoid stalled pilots. For leaders tracking how large services firms organize for AI, the LabX model offers a concrete example: a dedicated incubator with its own product and platform remit, backed by a specialized deployment workforce. The emphasis on an open ecosystem also acknowledges that no single model or vendor will dominate enterprise AI adoption, a reality that shapes vendor selection and partnership strategy. Resources such as AI for Executives & Strategy examine how leadership roles like this one are evolving to meet that demand.
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