High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Carly Fiorina (born Cara Carleton Sneed; September 6, 1954) is an American business executive and a former Republican candidate for the United States Senate representing California. Fiorina served as chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard from 1999 to 2005 and previously was an executive at AT T and its equipment and technology spinoff, Lucent. She currently serves on the boards of several organizations.