Dr. Arvind Krishna

Dr. Arvind Krishna is General Manager IBM Information Management and has responsibility for WW development for Information Management Software within IBM Software Group. Dr. Krishna defines the business & technical strategy, and is responsible for the development, delivery, sales, and ecosystem of the data management segment, a multibillion dollar market for IBM. Previously, Arvind was the VP, Strategy for IBM Software Group. Arvind has been in many other key roles within both IBM Software and IBM Research, e.g. defining and leading the security software segment. Arvind has an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the recipient of a distinguished alumni award from the University of Illinois, and is the co-author of 15 patents.

Jerry Keesee

Jerry Keesee, Director of Informix Database Development, leads the Informix database portfolio software development efforts. Since joining IBM in 2001, Jerry has led his team in multiple releases of IBM Informix Dynamic Server as well as other products in the portfolio.

Prior to joining IBM, Jerry spent eight years with Informix where he was Vice President of Database Development. Jerry has more than 25 years of experience in leadership roles in the software industry. Jerry received a degree in computer science from Missouri Southern State College.

Alyse Passarelli

Alyse Passarelli is Vice President of IBM's Worldwide Data Server Sales, as part of the IBM Information Management division with responsibility for the DB2, Data Warehousing, Informix, U2, Optim, and distributed tools portfolio. Prior to this assignment, Ms. Passarelli was Director, WW Information Management Technical Sales for IBM's Software division.

Ms. Passarelli joined IBM's Systems Group in 1989 as a software engineer in Poughkeepsie, New York and held a number of programming and management positions before joining Software Group in Silicon Valley Lab in San Jose, California in 1999.

As part of Software Group, Ms. Passarelli held a number of senior management positions within IMS and DB2 development before returning to New York as the executive assistant to Ms. Janet Perna, General Manager of Information Management.

Ms. Passarelli is a graduate of Pace University and holds a MS degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Ms. Passarelli resides in Somers, New York with her husband and two children.

Inhi Cho Suh

Inhi Cho Suh is the Vice President, Information Management Product Strategy in IBM Software Group, where she is responsible for all worldwide marketing strategy, product messaging, industry solutions, channel marketing and influencer marketing. IBM's Information Management division is comprised of DB2, Informix, InfoSphere, Filenet, and Cognos brands.

Inhi began her career with IBM in 1998, joining the worldwide customer set strategy team for IBM's Personal Systems Group. She then went on to hold a variety of leadership and management positions focused on strategic growth, development and marketing. Most recently, Inhi was the vice president of IBM's Data Management Software Business, where she was responsible for all worldwide marketing activities for IBM's DB2, Informix and IMS database servers, data warehouse offerings, and the family of data management tools and solutions.

Prior to joining IBM, Inhi was a consultant in the education sector focused on international student teaching and counseling for university and professional institutions. Inhi received a Bachelor of Science from Duke University and a Juris Doctorate from North Carolina Central University School of Law. She is a licensed attorney in the state of North Carolina.

Rob Thomas

Rob Thomas is Vice President of Business Development in IBM's Information Management Software Division. He is based in Somers, NY, and brings experience in management, business development, and consulting in the high technology and financial services industries. He has worked extensively with global businesses and his background includes experience in business and operational strategy, high technology development and engineering, manufacturing operations, and product design and development consulting. Prior to his current role, Rob lead IBM's Microelectronics business in Asia Pacific. Prior to that, he was an Associate Partner in IBM Global Business Services.