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Glenn Wightwick is Director of IBM Research and Development - Australia, Chief Technologist for IBM Australia and an IBM Distinguished Engineer. In this capacity, he is leading the establishment of a new R&D Lab focussed on rapidly accelerating smarter planet initiatives into the market by closely linking research scientists with development engineers from the earliest concept phase through marketplace delivery.
During the previous 4.5 years Glenn led the establishment and growth of the IBM Australia Development Laboratory which comprises more than 650 software engineers and technical specialists engaged in the development and support of IBM software.
Glenn has led numerous systems and software development projects, and has undertaken international assignments in the USA and China.
Glenn is a member of the IBM Academy of Technology and is a senior member of the IEEE, and has served a three year term on the Australian Research Council College of Experts.
In 2010, he was appointed an Honorary Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne.