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Curtis Tearte is general manager, Storage, IBM Systems and Technology Group. He is responsible for strategy, product development, marketing, sales support, and program profitability for the IBM storage business, which includes disk, tape, networking, storage software and solutions. He is also responsible for driving the IBM information infrastructure – the integration of a complete solution with IBM’s server, software, services and financing teams to deliver innovative, new solutions for extended client value.
Mr. Tearte has been in the Systems and Technology Group since 2005 and has served as the general manager of the Industry Growth Initiatives, Infrastructure Solutions, Innovation Solutions and the Industry Systems Division organizations.
Prior to his positions in the Systems and Technology Group, he served as general manager, Public Sector Sales and Distribution. He was responsible for leading IBM’s global sales and marketing strategy for customers in the government, healthcare and life sciences/pharmaceutical, and education industries. Mr. Tearte also gained expertise and knowledge through leadership positions he held in several other business units, including vice president of the Communications Sector for IBM Americas, general manager of the Customer Financing Unit in IBM Global Financing, vice president of Distribution Industry for IBM Americas, and general manager for IBM Global Utilities and Energy Services. Mr. Tearte joined IBM in 1979 and assumed his current role in January of 2009. He is a member of the IBM Performance Team and Integration & Values Team.
His academic background includes a law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law, a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brandeis University, and he has studied both political science and international affairs at Howard University Graduate School and the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School.
He is a member of the Executive Leadership Council (ELC) and also serves on the Board of Directors for the University of Connecticut Law School Foundation.
January 2009