IBM Academy of Technology's Brenda Dietrich was featured in the February 2007 Fast Company magazine on how math is changing IBM.
The four-page feature reads, "Dietrich runs the math sciences department at IBM's renowned Thomas J. Watson Research Center--the top math manager at arguably the biggest and most important math department in corporate America. She loves math's beauty and complexity."
"She can listen to a customer describe the messy details of a business, then translate those specs into math problems for her team to solve. And she thinks mathematicians should live in that real world, the world of customers."
When asked how it feels to be featured in Fast Company Dietrich said, "I'm delighted that the work the Math team does is receiving recognition." The article also details her love of knitting and she said, "Spinning seems to demo (and photograph) better than math."
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