ACI Worldwide announced the appointment of Robert (?Bobby?) Leibrock as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective July 1, 2025. Mr. Leibrock succeeds Scott Behrens, who is retiring following an exemplary career spanning nearly two decades at ACI. Mr. Leibrock joins ACI from Red Hat, Inc., where he currently serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and CFO.
Red Hat is the open hybrid cloud technology leader, supporting transformative IT innovation and AI applications. At Red Hat, Mr. Leibrock successfully guided global financial operations through significant growth and strategic transformation, including initiatives focused on advancing AI capabilities and investments. He previously held senior finance roles at IBM, where he was instrumental in driving meaningful revenue growth through his leadership of financial strategy, operational excellence, and profitability improvement initiatives.
Mr. Leibrock joined Red Hat Inc. in 2022 as Senior Vice President and CFO. In this role, he oversaw all strategic finance functions to ensure operational excellence, including: accounting, finance and planning, tax, treasury, sales operations, audit, controls, data & analytics, procurement, and deal management. His role expanded to include the COO title in February 2025.
Before joining Red Hat, he spent nearly 20 years at IBM in senior roles across the CFO and Software organizations. He was a pivotal member of the leadership team behind IBM?s $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat and played a central role in driving the integration strategy and long-term value creation. Earlier in his IBM career, he held financial leadership positions spanning security and automation software, cloud platform, global technology services, and the mainframe business.
Mr. Leibrock holds a bachelor?s degree in business administration from University of Connecticut.
