Bio

CTO for IBM Edge Computing business. Bringing computing closer to where we work and make decisions. Previously, CTO for IBM's Watson Solutions - driving Cognitive Systems development for the application of deep natural language processing in inferring answers from massive quantities of unstructured information. Prior to that, Chief Architect for IBM's SOA Foundation -- a composition of IBM software products spanning WebSphere, Rational, Tivoli, Lotus and Information Management intended to enable the entire lifecycle of SOA-based applications. Previously the Chief Architect for IBM's WebSphere Foundation -- covering the WebSphere Applicaiton Server, Network Deployment, Extended Deployment, Community Edition, Express Edition, and their relationship to WebSphere Portal, WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere ESB, WebSphere Commerce and other related offerings. Specialties: Cognitive Systems IBM Watson Service-Oriented Architecture Middleware Component Technology Security