Dave Turek is the Vice President for Deep Computing at IBM. He has business responsibility for high performance computing solutions including Power, Intel and AMD based servers and workstations, Blue Gene systems, visualization solutions, and future technologies. Prior responsibilities included the launch of IBM’s Linux Cluster business, IBM’s early involvement with High Performance Grids, and development responsibility (hardware and software) for the IBM SP (affectionately recognized as Deep Blue, world chess champion, retired). Dave is also a member of the Council on Competitiveness High Performance Computing Advisory Committee. Dave has degrees in Philosophy and Mathematics and has studied at the University of Rochester, Trinity College and the University of Pennsylvania.