How IBM Went from Blue to Green & Stayed Out of the Red

On December 8, The Energy Conversation hosted IBM Business Managing Director, Jim Loving, and IBM IManaging Director, Todd Ramsey. It was a great evening and we were happy to see our members come out and support The Energy Conversation.

Mr. Loving & Mr. Ramsey are senior leaders working to green IBM - the world's largest commercial technology infrastructure. With IBM committed to spending $1 billion a year to make its business more energy efficient, this investment will allow them to double the computing capacity of its data centers within the next three years without increasing power consumption.

BIOGRAPHY -

Todd Ramsey, IBM Managing Director, U.S. Federal

Todd Ramsey is managing director, U.S. Federal, IBM Corporation, where he leads an organization of 5,000 IBM professionals committed to providing information technology and business process solutions to U.S. Federal Government clients. Mr. Ramsey has more than 30 years of service with IBM in both global and U.S. government arenas.

Mr. Ramsey joined IBM in 1972 in Endicott, New York, as a hardware systems designer. He later worked as an engineer for both the U.S. Air Force and IBM, specializing in communications systems and NASA space projects. In 1979, he joined the IBM marketing and sales organization and has held a number of management positions, including branch manager in Norfolk, Virginia, and vice president of the IBM Federal Systems Division. He also served as vice president and general manager of Government Industry for Asia Pacific, working in IBM's Singapore offices. In 1999, he was named general manager, Global Government and Education, setting the overall strategy, developing specific government solutions and marketing programs, and directing the deployment of consultants, government specialists and client-relationship teams worldwide. In 2008, he was named managing director, U.S. Federal, with full business management responsibilities for all aspects of IBM's federal business. He is a member of IBM's Worldwide Public Sector Management Board.

A frequent keynote speaker at industry conferences, Mr. Ramsey is the author of On Demand Government, Continuing the e-government Journey, which provides a guide for government leaders who want to act decisively to integrate government operations and use government transformation as a catalyst to address societal challenges. He is interviewed and often quoted on government trends by industry trade publications and major media, including The Washington Post, Government Computer News, Government Technology, Federal Computer Week, Washington Technology and The New York Times.

Mr. Ramsey currently serves on the board of James Madison University. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Akron, and a Masters in Business Administration from Auburn University. He is married to the former Pamela Shirey and has 3 children, Jennifer 22, David 19 and Michael 17.

An .mp3 of the event is available for download here