IDUG 2009 - North America
May 11-15, 2009
Colorado Convention Center
Denver, Colorado, USA

Tuesday, May 12
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Dr. Ambuj Goyal
General Manager, Information Management Software
IBM Software Group

Ambuj Goyal has been General Manager of Information Management Software at IBM since August 2005. In this position, he has transformed and grown the IBM Information Management division with a focus on Information on Demand.  With solutions delivered through innovative product engineering and key acquisitions, IBM's customers develop an Information Agenda, enabling them to evolve from Business Automation to Business Optimization.

Prior to this role, Dr. Goyal served as the General Manager, Workplace, Portal, and Collaboration Software; General Manager, Solutions and Strategy, IBM Software Group; and as Chief Technology Officer, Application & Integration Middleware Division. Dr. Goyal joined IBM Corporation in 1982 as a research staff member at the T.J. Watson Research Center.  He was named Vice President, Services and Software, and Director, Computer Sciences in 1996.  In this dual role, he was responsible for setting IBM's long-term research direction in computer sciences, as well as ensuring that the best emerging technologies contribute to IBM's services offerings and software products.

Dr. Goyal has authored over 25 articles in various fields and has received five outstanding innovation awards from IBM for his work.  He was elected an IEEE Fellow for his contributions to the theory and practice of highly dependable systems; and elected an ACM Fellow in recognition of outstanding technical and professional achievements in the field of information technology. Dr. Goyal received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1982, and his Bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur in 1978