Tom Eck is the Global CTO of Financial Services at IBM. In this role he is responsible for establishing the technology modernization approach for IBM’s largest financial services clients globally. This includes rethinking how a financial services firm interacts with its clients while leveraging exponential technologies to accelerate time-to-value. Tom specializes in the transformation from legacy technologies and mindsets to a growth mindset which encourages innovation via agility — namely via adoption of hybrid cloud, AI, machine learning, deep learning and automation at large scale while applying Agile methodologies to deliver radical ROI while managing risk appropriately throughout. Tom’s approach is inspired by the Agile objective of continually delivering demonstrable value to both business and IT.

Mr. Eck is also an entrepreneurial technology innovator and product developer with a track record of bringing $100M+ products to market in multiple industries. His true passion is in software development: he’s been coding for 25 years- and and am currently hands-on and proficient in 10+ programming languages. However he is equally gifted with the ability to lead elite software and product development teams. Tom has worked at numerous startup’s (including those that he founded incl. SimpleNet) as well in leadership roles within Fortune 200 companies (incl. IBM and First Data). Tom has a unique ability to combine my communication skills with my technical and business backgrounds to effectively liaise between software development, product development and the C-suite.

Tom has a comprehensive education that spans Chemistry, Physics, Advanced Mathematics, Biotechnology, Computer Science, Genetics. He has experience across industries incl. financial services, biotech and pharma, telecom, military/defense, media and publishing.