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Robert Ryan

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Power Technical Sales at IBM
📍 New York, New York, United States

Robert Ryan is a Power Technical Architect at IBM, bringing extensive experience from senior engineering and management roles at companies like Weka, Cohesity, and NetApp. He holds degrees in Geophysics and Seismology from Columbia University and has studied Digital Transformation at MIT.

Robert demonstrates a strong sense of loyalty and nostalgia for his work, celebrating his return to IBM after more than three decades. He values diversity of experience and expresses gratitude for the people and technology he has worked with throughout his career.

Unique fact: Robert started his career at IBM in 1987 and returned for his "second first day" 35 years later.

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Experience
34 Years
Current Role
Power Technical Sales
Location
New York, New York, United States
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Career Loyalty
He proudly shared his emotional return to IBM after 33 years, highlighting the pride he felt at both the beginning and the continuation of his career there.
IBM Power Systems
His current role as a Power Technical Architect and in Power Technical Sales centers on IBM's Power processor-based server infrastructure.
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Career

Work history

7-2022
Power Technical Sales
IBM
10-2020 - 7-2022
Senior Systems Engineer
WekaIO
8-2019 - 10-2020
Senior Manager Systems Engineering
Cohesity
4-2016 - 7-2019
Senior Manager Solutions Engineering Northeastern United Stares
NetApp
7-2013 - 4-2016
Senior Manager Business Solutions Architecture Eastern United States
NetApp
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Education
2018 - 2019
Digital Transformation: From AI and IOT to Cloud
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1981 - 1986
Geophysics and Seismology
Columbia University
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