Bengaluru — IBM sued its former executive Lindsay-Rae McIntyre, who was named Microsoft’s new chief diversity officer over the weekend, alleging violation of a one-year non-competitive agreement. McIntyre, who "abruptly resigned to compete against IBM", was in possession of highly confidential and sensitive information about IBM’s diversity strategies, hiring targets, technologies and innovations, IBM said in the lawsuit filed in a New York federal court on Monday. Microsoft was not immediately available for comment outside regular business hours. McIntyre could not be reached for comment. Meanwhile, Bloomberg reported that Judge Vincent Briccetti temporarily barred McIntyre from moving to Microsoft. IBM complained that McIntyre using and disclosing, whether intentionally or not, its confidential and sensitive information would place the company at a competitive disadvantage. McIntyre was HR vice-president and chief diversity office at IBM, according to her LinkedIn profile. IBM sai...
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