IBM Power Systems Technical University

Rodney C. Adkins
Senior Vice President
Development & Manufacturing
IBM Systems & Technology Group

Rod Adkins leads all of IBM's global server and storage systems hardware and software development. He also leads the microelectronics business which includes semiconductor process technology development and semiconductor manufacturing operations for microprocessors and application specific intergrated circuits used by IBM and its OEM clients.

Mr. Adkins has been recognized as a leader in information technology - the 2007 Black Engineer of the Year, as a member of IBM's Performance and Technology Teams and the Board of Governors for the IBM Academy of Technology, Mr. Adkins helps IBM's corporate tecnical direction.

Dr. Bernard Meyerson
Vice President for Strategic Alliances and Chief Technologist
IBM's Systems and Technology Group

Dr. Meyerson joined IBM Research as a Staff member in 1980, leading the development of silicon:germanium and other high performance technologies over a period of ten years. He then led a series of development organizations within IBM focused on communications and semiconductor technology, creating from that work a number of major business endeavors encompassing applications spanning the range from pervasive wireless enablement (802.11x) to high end data transport.

In 1992, Dr. Meyerson was appointed an IBM Fellow - IBM's highest technical honor. In 2001 he was appointed Chief Technologist of IBM's Technology Group, and in 2003 he assumed operational responsibility for IBM's global semiconductor R&D efforts. In that role Dr. Meyerson led the world's largest semiconductor development consortium - members being IBM, Sony, Toshiba, AMD, Samsung, Chartered Semiconductor, and Infineon. Dr. Meyerson was appointed to his current position in December 2005.