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Amelia Forbes

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Vice President EMEA Client Engineering at IBM
📍 Greater Melbourne Area, Australia

As Vice President of EMEA Client Engineering at IBM, Amelia Forbes leads technical teams to drive organizational transformation for clients using hybrid cloud and AI. A Bachelor of Computing graduate, colleagues praise her professionalism, technical expertise, and attention to detail.

Amelia is a passionate advocate for diversity in technology. She has dedicated time to mentoring and fostering interest in the field among young women through her involvement with groups like Women for ICT and the Digital Divas program.

In February 2025, she will mark her 15th anniversary at IBM, having progressed from a graduate role to a Vice President position.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Vice President EMEA Client Engineering
Job Level
Senior
Location
Greater Melbourne Area, Australia
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Client Transformation
Her primary focus is leveraging IBM's design thinking and architecture best practices to help clients achieve their strategic transformation goals with technology.
Cloud FinOps
She has recently authored content on the power of FinOps, demonstrating its importance from the perspective of both CFOs and application developers.
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Career

Work history

10-2024
Vice President EMEA Client Engineering
IBM
11-2019 - 10-2024
CTO IBM A/NZ ( Chief Technology Officer ) 
IBM
5-2018 - 11-2019
Solutions Executive & Hybrid Cloud Consulting Practice Leader A/NZ
IBM
4-2015 - 1-2017
Manager Cloud Orchestration & Cloud Provisioning DevOps HUB
IBM
11-2014 - 3-2015
Executive Advocate Strategy & Operations
IBM
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Education
2008 - 2010
Bachelor of Computing
Swinburne University of Technology
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