Ric Telford

As the vice president of Cloud Computing Services, Ric leads the team which defines and develops the overall technical view of Cloud Computing across IBM, including appropriate standards for the industry. Ric joined IBM in 1983, as a developer for PROFS in their software lab in Dallas, Texas. Prior to the acquisition of Lotus, Telford led much of the office systems development for IBM,including distributed calendaring and groupware products. During his tenure at IBM, Telford has played a number of key roles in various software initiatives for IBM, including the imaging products unit, networking and security oftware, and software mobility products. Ric also 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. Ric was the Director of Technology for Intelligent Infrastructure, the precursor in IBM to “e-business on demand”. Most recently, Ric was responsible for defining and delivering software solutions for the service provider market, also known as “xSPs”. Ric holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He holds several U.S. Patents. Ric resides in Morrisville, NC and has two sons. Ric enjoys mountain biking, swimming and golf.