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MICHAEL KWOK

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Dr. Michael Kwok is the Executive Director of Cloud Database Development, Client Success & Competitive Office, Hybrid Data Management (HDM), IBM Data and AI. Michael leads a global engineering team to deliver the world-class cloud database services on IBM Cloud, AWS and Azure. His portfolio includes Db2 on Cloud, Db2 Warehouse on Cloud, Netezza on Cloud and Data Virtualization as Service. His team is responsible for product development, SRE, provisioning/operation/monitoring, security & compliance, performance, as well as the underlying cloud infrastructure. Michael also involves in the development of business strategies, go-to-market (GTM), offering management and sales for these products. In addition to his development role, Michael leads a global client success team for the entire hybrid data management portfolio including Db2, IBM Integrated Analytics Systems, Cloud Pak for Data Systems, and Netezza Performance Servers. His team provides 24/7 world-class support to enterprise clients, business partners and developers, and commits to the success of their customers. Michael holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Waterloo, Canada, with his doctoral dissertation in the area of scalability and performance analysis of distributed systems. With his deep technical knowledge, he establishes an organization to study the competitive landscape of HDM offerings and provides technical consultation to help customers build a successful Data and AI platform.