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John Patrick
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Interview
Biography
John R. Patrick is the vice president of Internet Technology at IBM Corporation. As
chief techology officer for the Internet at IBM, he is leading the effort across IBM to
create leading-edge Internet offerings for customers. Patrick is the author of IBM's
"Get Connected" program which is driving the expanded use of the Internet both
within the company and as an Internet-based communications model for other companies. He
also serves as the primary spokesperson for IBM's activities relating to the development
of the Global Information Infrastructure, or Information Highway.
He has been with IBM for 29 years. After 15 years in various sales, marketing and
management positions, he helped found and pioneer the IBM Credit Corporation, today the
largest computer leasing company in the world. He was subsequently the chief financial
officer of various business units of IBM and was also vice president of operations for
IBM's Computer Integrated Manufacturing Business. In 1992, he became the vice president of
marketing for personal systems and was responsible for creating the ThinkPad brand. He
then helped found the personal software products division of the company and was worldwide
vice president of sales and marketing for OS/2 and LAN Server.
A frequent speaker at international conferences relating to developments on the
Internet, he is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE), a member of ACM, the WEB Society and the Internet Society. He earned a B.S. in
Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University, an M.S. in Management from the University
of South Florida, and also holds an L.L.B. in law. John has served on numerous boards
including, The Opportunities Industrialization Corporation, The Financial Executives
Institute (Atlanta Chapter), Housatonic Habitat for Humanity, and is currently a member of
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