Jay Parker, one of the most familiar faces among Lenovo’s executive leadership in North Carolina, has left the company, WRAL TechWire has confirmed.

In response to an inquiry from WTW which had received a tip, Lenovo spokesperson Ray Gorman said the information was true.

“We can confirm that Jay Parker has resigned from Lenovo,” Gorman said.

Parker’s most recent position at Lenovo was Senior Vice President of the Enterprise Business Group.

No other executive changes or organizational changes have taken place at the Enterprise Business Group, Gorman added when asked by WTW. Lenovo recently announced a 7 percent reduction in its work force, or 3,200 jobs, that are being made across the company.

Gerry Smith, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Personal Computer and Enterprise Business Group, is taking over Parker’s duties as “acting head of EBG for now,” Gorman said. Smith has led Americas operations in the past for Lenovo and is a member of the company’s executive committee.

Since Parker no longer works for Lenovo, Gorman said he would not comment about why Parker left.

Parker was “responsible for Lenovo’s enterprise product development, marketing, sales, operations and overall financial performance” of the group, which is based in the Triangle near Lenovo’s executive campus in Morrisville.

Before joining that group in March, Parker had been president of Lenovo North America.

Parker joined Lenovo in 2007 after more than 10 years at Dell.

The Enterprise Business Group focuses primarily on servers and includes the x86 server business Lenovo acquired from IBM last year. The Enterprise Group has been hit by layoffs this year as Lenovo integrated the IBMers. Recent reports from two data firms, IDC and Gartner, report that while Lenovo did increase server revenue and unit shipments it did not make up the entire business as generated separately by IBM and Lenovo’s own server business in 2014.

Parker moved to the Enterprise Group in March as part of a larger corporate reorganization.

The role of Gerry Smith, who led all Americas group and the server focused business, changed. He became Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Personal Computer and Enterprise Business Group (servers).

“Really, this is shifting of some chairs,” Parker told WRAL TechWire when asked about any local impact on employees.

Former Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci took over Lenovo’s president. While keeping his chief operating role, Lanci was given direct oversight of Lenovo’s PC and server businesses.

In April, Aymar de Lencquesaing, a former CEO f Packard Bell, took over as president for North America.

Parker’s thoughts on business group role

In May as Lenovo opened its new Enterprise Business Group headquarters in the Park, Parker wrote a blog in which he spelled out his thoughts about helping shape the future of the new group.

“I was recently given the opportunity to lead Lenovo’s Enterprise Business Group. Enterprise is a critical component of Lenovo’s overall long-term strategy, and I am eager to build on this business for the benefit of our customers<‘ he wrote.

“It is our customers that will gain the most from the extraordinary combination of Lenovo enterprise and operational expertise. We are building a new kind of enterprise business based on the foundational value of our new combined strengths from Lenovo and IBM x86 systems.

“This includes making the most of our strategic relationships, as well as investing and committing to world-class innovation. It means capitalizing on a differentiated and comprehensive end-to-end enterprise portfolio.

“We now bring to our customers true end-to-end, high-volume to high-value enterprise solutions made up of the world’s most advanced x86 servers, choice of storage, integrated software, services and support. We know we’re on track in delivering what our customers expect of us based on the most recent analyst TBR survey where customers ranked Lenovo number one in x86 server customer satisfaction.

“Supporting everything we do in the Enterprise Business Group is the proven Lenovo formula of efficiency and ease of doing business. This allows us to serve our enterprise customers like never before.

“Lenovo knows how take an acquired business from moderate market share to worldwide leadership by delivering overall value that is above and beyond what our competitors can bring to the table. This is precisely where Lenovo is at today with our enterprise business. We are at the start of a historical journey to enterprise leadership.

“We know we have our work cut out for us to build even greater customer trust and credibility for Lenovo in the data center. But we wouldn’t want it any other way. Lenovo likes to earn loyalty one customer at a time.

“I look forward to meeting our enterprise customers around the world in the near future.”