Bret Greenstein
Director of Strategy, e-business on demand
IBM

Bret Greenstein is the Director of Business Strategy for IBM's e-business on demand initiative. In his 15 years with IBM, Bret has focused heavily on the advancement of technology and understanding how it can help customers transform the way they run their business.

He began his career working in IBM's Microelectronics Division working on semiconductor process engineering and equipment automation. He then spent two years working on advanced manufacturing floor control systems to help run automated manufacturing lines. He then moved to the Microelectronics Division nformation Systems organization to manage development of advanced analytical and logistics systems and workplace collaboration systems. This all lead to his role in IBM's Corporate CIO Office where he spent 4 years managing systems architecture, e-business application hosting, engineering file systems, and data center management.

Most recently, Bret moved to IBM's Grid Computing emerging business organization where as the Global Project Executive, he managed product development and technology for Grid Computing. This important technology initiative lead to his current role as Director of Business Strategy. for e-business on demand.

Bret received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Masters of Science in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has also studied Technical Japanese and continues his development in the management and business disciplines. He lives with his wife and two children in Brookfield, Connecticut.

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