Todd S. Ramsey General Manager Global Government Industry IBM Corporation

Todd S. Ramsey is general manager for IBM’s Global Government Industry. He is responsible for all IBM business with governments around the world. In this role he sets the overall strategy, develops specific government solutions and marketing programs, and directs the deployment of consultants, government specialists and client-relationship teams worldwide. For more than 25 years he has helped governments and public-sector customers leverage information technology to help them promote economic development, increase revenues, enhance services and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of operations.

Mr. Ramsey recently authored a book entitled On Demand Government, Continuing the e-government Journey, which provides a new guide for government leaders who want to act decisively to integrate government operations and use government transformation as a catalyst to address challenges to their society.

Mr. Ramsey joined IBM in 1972 in Endicott, New York, as a hardware systems designer. He later worked as an engineer for both the U.S. Air Force and IBM, specializing in communications systems and NASA space projects. In 1979 he joined the IBM marketing and sales organization and has held a number of management positions, including branch manager in Norfolk, Virginia, executive assistant to the president of the National Marketing Division and regional manager of the National Federal Marketing organization. In 1991, Mr. Ramsey was named vice president and general manager for the IBM Federal Systems Company, responsible for business relationships and the integration projects for the U.S. Government. Most recently, he was the vice president and general manager of Government Industry for Asia Pacific and lived two years with his family in Singapore. Mr. Ramsey is a member of IBM’s Worldwide Public Sector Management Board.

Mr. Ramsey has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Akron and a Masters in Business Administration from Auburn University. He is married to the former Pamela Shirey and has 3 children, Jennifer 20, David 17 and Michael 16.