Bill Deckelman became DXC’s GC in April 2017 when Computer Sciences Corp.—where Deckelman had been GC since 2008—merged with the Enterprises Division of Hewlett-Packard, and created a new $22 billion enterprise focused on IT.

Even a career IT lawyer like Deckelman said he never expected to be involved in a situation that required an immediate cost reduction of 30 percent, as part of a companywide mandate.