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Pete Martinez
Vice President Business Consulting Services, IBM

Pete Martinez is IBM Vice President Business Consulting Services. He is also the General Manager for IBM South Florida.

A 30 year veteran of the Information Technology Industry, Martinez has led multiple sizable and successful entrepreneurial businesses. From a leadership position in IBM's original PC business to pioneering the first electronic services on the Internet and the creation of e-business Consulting, he has been an innovator of both business and technology. In his current position, he leads a 1,500 person organization composed of consultants, hardware and software developers, industry specialists and sales leaders. Recently, he has been a pioneer of innovative projects in the areas of advanced research, supercomputing and information based medicine. In 2003, Martinez led the formation of IBM's largest Human Resource Business Transformation Multi-client Center that has opened a multi-billion dollar outsourcing business. Previously, he led the formation of business consulting and system integration services in Latin America a 2,500 person organization. He was also the first executive of IBM's e-business Strategy Consulting and Consulting Group.

Mr. Martinez specializes in both leading services businesses as well as consulting to major international enterprises and executives in the areas of business strategy, governance and technology. He was responsible for the consulting team that drove IBM's e-business Strategy and Transformation. He has worked with banks, manufacturers, governments, academia, media firms, and retailers in defining new strategies for cost containment, growth and transformation of processes and market channels.

With a strong technology foundation, Martinez has been able to define creative solutions to business problems. He has over 20 patents and technical publications in the areas of: computer architecture, robotics, optical disks and display technology. Martinez is a frequent key note at international conferences and has been featured by the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, ABC News, The Economist and Univision.

Mr. Martinez is a Board of Directors Member of the State of Florida Early Learning Coalition, Bio Florida, the Florida Research Consortium, Internet Coast, and the Caridad Clinic. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Miami where he was chosen the Distinguished Alumnae (1998) and a Member of the Tau Beta Pi and Iron Arrow Honor Societies. In 2002 he was awarded the "Engineer of the Year" by the Association of Cuban Engineers, and in 2004 was inducted into the Miami-Dade College Hall of Fame.

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