IBM Career

This won’t be of much interest to people outside of IBM but some of my colleagues in the company have asked about it so here goes….

John R. Patrick

Check mark June 1, 1967: Joined IBM in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania as a marketing trainee. Became a marketing representative in the Lehigh Valley area selling and installing IBM data processing systems.

Check mark June 1, 1969: Drafted into the United States Army and began military leave of absence.

Check mark December 21, 1971: Returned to IBM in Bethlehem as a marketing representative

Check mark December 1975: Regional marketing representative in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Specialized in storage products and high end laser printers. Later focused on financial analysis of I/T equipment acquisition.

Check mark August 1976: Marketing manager in Philadelphia. Managed a team focused on the Insurance industry.

Check mark November 1977: Executive Assistant to Regional Manager in Mid-Atlantic HQ.

Check mark March 1979: Branch Manager for IBM’s Distribution and Utilities customers in Philadelphia.

Check mark February 1981: Corporate HQ organization consultant. Helped develop strategy for a major reorganization of the company.

Check mark November 1981: Executive Assistant to the Chief Financial Officer of IBM in Armonk, New York.

Check mark February 1982: Corporate HQ financial consultant. Developed the original financial models to set up the leasing business.

Check mark May 1982: Director of Pricing for the IBM Credit Corporation. Founded ICC along with two other executives.

Check mark July 1985: Division Controller, IBM National Marketing Division, Atlanta, Georgia.

Check mark July 1987: Director, Rolm Systems/IBM integration office. Coordinated IBM’s acquisition of Rolm Systems.

Check mark August 1987: Vice President – Finance, National Service Division, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. CFO for IBM’s maintenance and services business.

Check mark April 1988: Vice President – Service Offerings, National Service Division, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.

Check mark September 1988: Group Director of Planning, Information Systems Group, Ryebrook, New York. Finance and planning for North American field operations.

Check mark January 1990: Vice President – Operations, Industrial Sector Division, Milford, Connecticut. Managed computer integrated manufacturing systems business.

Check mark April 1992: Vice President – Marketing, Personal Systems Group. Developed and launched ThinkPad and ValuePoint PC brands.

Check mark February 1993: Vice President – Marketing, Personal Software Products. Managed OS/2 and LAN Server marketing.

Check mark November 1993: Systems Marketing Director, Corporate HQ, Armonk, New York. Marketing strategy for IBM Corporate technology plans.

Check mark January 1995: Vice President – Communications, Networked Applications Services Division, Thornwood, New York. Developed beginnings of network centric computing strategy.

Check mark June 1995: Vice President – Internet Applications, Networked Applications Services Division, Thornwood, New York. Developed beginnings of Internet strategy.

Check mark December 1995: Vice President – Internet Technology, Internet Division, Somers, New York.

Check mark January 2000: Vice President – Internet Technology, Enterprise Systems Group, Somers, New York.

Check mark November 2001: Net Attitude released by Perseus Publishing

Check mark December 3 2001: Officially retired from IBM

Check mark January 1, 2002: Started phase 2. See chief dreamer page.