I've spent 30 years working in the computer industry. My working interest is making IT work well for the business and people involved with IT.
Over the last 3 years, I've had the pleasure of working at Red Hat, watching open source meet large enterprises.
Prior to Red Hat my work was weighted toward Social, Portals, Web 2.0, and driving business and IT innovation.
I spent 8 years with IBM working with some wonderful people as an advisor to the management and technical staff in very large organizations.
My speakers introduction -- or sparklers
Charlie Smith has been involved in the implementation and management of information technology projects around the world for 30 years. Known for both technical skills and an exceptional record of organizational development Charlie has worked with large organizations planning and executing re-engineering, cost control and process transformation projects in the Energy, Healthcare, High Technology, Government, Retail, and Media industries.
While at Cray Research Charlie designed, implemented and managed projects which led to the first implementations of UNIX on Supercomputers. At Siemens, Charlie was responsible for the turnaround of Siemens Energy Management projects for the countries of Israel, Hungary, Puerto Rico, and at Hydro Quebec. Charlie also assisted Northern States Power, in resolving performance, regulatory and cost issues while he was the Director responsible for customer and operational systems. While at IBM Charlie is a trusted advisor to the CIO's and Technology leadership at some of IBM's largest customers assisting them in identifying and implementing organizational and technology solutions to their business issues.
While at IBM Charlie was certified as an IT Architect at IBM, and as an Open Group Master Certified IT Architect.
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