Michael Easterly
WW Director of Marketing, Blade Network Technologies
IBM Alliance

Mike joined BLADE Network Technologies in November 2007 as the WW Director of Field Marketing after working with IBM in multiple capacities over 15 years. During his time with IBM he was involved with the BladeCenter product since 2002 as the Americas Product Manager in addition to three years in Competitive Intelligence. Prior to work with the BladeCenter product Mike was part of the Marketing organization that help launch eServer and System x. Before moving to the storage group Mike was part of IBM Personal Computer division where he we as the WW product manager responsible for launching the embedded security chips and approximately 5 years in sales covering Large accounts.