Caleb Barlow

Caleb Barlow - Big Thinker, Innovator, Technologist with a day job as an IBM Security Exec

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Caleb Barlow is the director of Application, Data and Mobile Security in the newly formed IBM Security division. In his last role he was the director of Unified Communications and Collaboration where he was responsible for the voice, video, web conferencing, instant messaging and social business communications under the IBM Sametime brand. Caleb has spent most of his career focused on designing and building businesses around alternative software delivery models that are simple, fast and inexpensive to consume. First joining IBM in 1992, Caleb was part of Integrated Systems Solutions Corporation, a Rochester, NY IBM subsidiary that later became IBM Global Services. At ISSC, Caleb was responsible for building the global groupware outsourcing practice for hosted Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange. In later roles he managed the software development organization responsible for Lotus Active Insight. Caleb also spent a year as the Executive Assistant to Alistair Rennie, General Manager Lotus Software. Prior to joining the Lotus team Caleb was the Director of Technology Services at Syncra Systems (acquired by Retek, later Oracle) where he managed the hosting business unit and support team which provided supply chain services to retail/CPG customers such as P&G, Kimberly Clark, Target and Hitachi. He was also part of the initial team of 5 that started Ascendant Technology, a highly successful IBM business partner.

Director - Unified Communications and Collaboration at IBM

October 2010 - December 2011

Director Unified Communications and Collaboration, responsible for building a solution portfolio that is designed to provide real-time communications using voice, video, web conferencing, instant messaging and social business communications. This is accomplished thru a combination of strategic partnerships, industry alliances and IBM software product development under the IBM Sametime brand.

Director - SMB Solutions Development at IBM

January 2010 - December 2010

Caleb Barlow is the Director of SMB Solutions Development for IBM Software Group. In this capacity he is responsible for building a solution portfolio that is designed to provide out-of-the-box value to the smallest of businesses up to organizations of 1000 employees. This is accomplished thru a combination of strategic partnerships and IBM "autonomic" engineering that allow solutions to install, maintain and even fix themselves when deployed on a hw/sw appliance.

Merger and Acquisition Integration Executive - Net Integration Technologies / Lotus Foundations at IBM

January 2008 - January 2010

Responsible for leading technical due diligence, code scans, code remediation and performance testing on multiple IBM acquisitions. Responsible for integration planning and execution as the Integration Executive for IBM's acquisition of Net Integration Technologies which is now known as Lotus Foundations

Program Director Operations - Lotus Development and Technical Support at IBM

February 2007 - January 2008

Executive Assistant to Alistair Rennie, General Manager Lotus Software

Software Development Manager - Business Performance Management at IBM

May 2004 - February 2007

Managed Global Software Development for IBM's Business Scorecards and Dashboard Offerings (Business Intelligence)

Business Unit Executive Software as a Service at IBM

July 2003 - May 2004

SaaS Web Conferencing

Ascendant Technology (employee number 5) at Ascendant Technology

January 2003 - July 2003

Director - Technology Services at Syncra Systems

September 2000 - August 2002

Senior Information Technology Executive, managed SaaS operations, customer support and internal IT. Supply chain startup sold to Retek and later Oracle

IBM Marketing - Global Practice Executive at IBM

February 2000 - September 2000

Re-engineered the alliance process used with large systems integrators. Developed and executed a new, "joint practice" alliance model for partnering with systems integrators on mega-deals in excess of $10M.

Groupware Project Office at Integrated Systems Solutions Corporation (Incubator that led to IBM Global Services)

December 1996 - February 2000

Principal strategist responsible for building IBM's global offerings in the groupware outsourcing market for Lotus Domino and Microsoft Exchange.

Director - Application, Data and Mobile Security at IBM

January 2012

Responsible for Data and Application Security solutions in the newly formed IBM Security division

Rochester Institute of Technology

1997 – 1999

Master of Science

Rochester Institute of Technology

1990 – 1995

BS

Concentration: Electrical Engineering