Ric Telford

Ric Telford's professional business career spans almost three decades. In his current position, he is responsible for defining strategies for IBM’s Services businesses, including cloud computing. He served as Director of Technology for the IBM CIO, responsible for the development, implementation and adoption of technologies that hastened the transformation of IBM into an e-business. As a VP in IBM’s Tivoli division, he was responsible for defining and driving the Autonomic Computing initiative for IBM. He was also CTO in IBM’s Information Technology Services business.