David Blaskovich
Program Director
Deep Computing
WW Government/Research Market
IBM Corporation

2000-Present  HPC Sales & Marketing

International Business Machines
Poiughkeepsie, NY

Create and direct global sale & marketing strategies for vertical
government and research markets in weather,
defense, research laboratories, and intelligence sectors.
Initiate and execute winning tactics on a global basis to capture market share of HPC market.

1997-2000 Marketing Manager
SGI Corp., Mountain View, CA

Created vertical marketing strategies for weather & environmental markets.
Contributed to first large HPC wins with U.S. Navy FNMOC & NCAR in this market.
Lead SGI to compete in Central Europe, Latin America, Asia HPC opportunities.
AMS Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) Committee
Organized & Chaired Special Session on Technology Futures

1987-1996 Director of Marketing, Weather & Environmental Markets
Cray Research, Inc., Eagan, MN

Increased annual market sales from $10 million to $140 million.
Lead Cray Research to 85% market share in weather/environmental market sectors.
Lead project to obtain export license and contract for first Cray systems to be installed in People's Republic of China for NWP.
Received Cray Research Leadership Award.
Implemented global marketing team for sales and applications.
Received AMS Award to Cray for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Meteorology By a Corporation.
Testified at Hearing before House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology on Natural Resources, Regarding Modernization of U.S. National Weather Service.
Co-founded AMS-Industry Graduate Fellowship Program.
Chaired Organizing Committee and Chaired MeteoHytec Conference for
World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Geneva, Switzerland

1980-1987 Senior Consultant & Technical Analyst
Control Data Corporation
Minneapolis, MN

Participated in significant HPC projects & sales in Americas and Asia.
Received CDC Shark Award for significant contributions to the corporation.
Project Leader for large weather HPC configuration in Taipei, Republic of China.

1977-1980 Technical Analyst
Technology Development Corp.
Sunnyvale, CA

Program leader for technical proposals and contracts for
atmospheric and oceanographic computer systems and applications.

Education

1992 Harvard University, Boston, MA
Executive Series, Strategic Marketing

1982-1984 San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
M.S. Natural Sciences - Physical Oceanography

1964-1969 Iowa State University, Ames, IA
B.S. Zoology with minors in mathematics & chemistry

Civic Interests

1996-Present Planning Commission, City of Pacific Grove, CA