John R. Patrick
President, Attitude LLC
John Patrick was vice president of Internet technology at IBM Corporation from 1995 to 2001. He worked at the company for thirty-eight years. John serves on a number of boards, writes one of the most popular personal blogs out there, and speaks at conferences around the world.
As IBM's chief Internet technology officer, John
led the company's efforts for the next generation of the Internet.
John was also closely involved in IBM's aggressive backing of the red-hot
Linux movement. However, if you read between the lines of Patrick's
official job description -- or have heard him deliver cutting-edge remarks
at conferences throughout the world or read one of the many articles
he's been featured in -- you'll see that John's unofficial title is
Internet visionary. It's one of the reasons why Business 2.0
named him as one of the industry's most intriguing minds, Industry Week
named him one of the top 30 people who drive innovation and provide
the initial spark to economic growth, and why Network World called him
one of the 25 most powerful people in networking.
John
was a founding member of the World
Wide Web Consortium at MIT in 1994, a founding
member and past chairman of the Global
Internet Project, a member of the Internet
Society, a senior member of the Association for Computing Machinery, and a Fellow of the Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. John has been a business and technology advisor to numerous companies. He is a member of the board of directors of WebMediaBrands Corporation, Knovel Corporation, Danbury Health Systems, Inc., Diamond Air Charters, Inc., Founders Hall, the Lehigh University Engineering Advisory Board, and OCLC. His book, Net
Attitude, paints a vivid picture of the future of the Internet and the attitudes needed to capitalize on it. John's blog is at patrickWeb.com and you can follow him on twitter.
While at IBM, John created a number of innovative programs including
the alphaWorks Web site, which is IBM's on-line research and development
laboratory for advanced Internet technology, and IBM's successful "Get
Connected" program to expand the use of the Internet both within
the company and to serve as a model for other companies.
John joined IBM in 1967 and spent the first half of his career in various
sales, marketing and management positions. He was a pioneer and developer
of IBM's leasing business at IBM Credit Corporation, today the largest
computer leasing company in the world. He was subsequently the chief
financial officer of various business units of IBM and was also vice
president of operations for IBM's Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Business. In 1992 John became vice president of marketing for Personal
Systems and was the senior marketing executive responsible for introducing
the successful ThinkPad brand.
He earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University and
an M.S. in Management from the University of South Florida. He also
has a law degree (LL.B.) from LaSalle University which he earned during
his military service.
John's book, Net Attitude, was released in November 2001.