Jorge Castañon: The Data Scientist Who “Listens to the Problem”

March 14, 2017 by Dinesh Nirmal in People

My most recent in-flight reading was Thank You for Being Late. In it, Thomas Friedman says risk of AI isn’t that it’s going to take over humanity, HAL-like, but that we as humans could become so entranced by technology that we’ll neglect to teach it human values. It’s not machines v. humans or technology v. creativity. The more technology develops, the greater the opportunity to add to it our kindness, our fairness, and our creativity.

Welcome to the Private Cloud

IBM Silicon Valley Lab

January 31, 2017 by Dinesh Nirmal in Machine Learning, Business of Tech

Readers of this blog know that I like to imagine the world through the eyes of my young son. His effort to find the right balance of exploration and safety resonates with what we mean by “private cloud” and preparing clients for a hybrid cloud environment: private plus public.

Morgan Fritz: Industrial Design Grad, Fashion Designer, DSX Veteran

IBM Silicon Valley Lab

January 13, 2017 by Dinesh Nirmal in People

Our Chief Designer, David Townsend, takes new designers aside when they join our team and tells them, “This is the most complicated thing you’ll ever design. Don’t be afraid to ask dumb questions. And know that everything else in your career you design after this will be easy compared to what you’re about to do.”

Phu Truong: Humble Leader, Loves Logic, Hates Calculations

IBM Silicon Valley Lab

January 04, 2017 by Dinesh Nirmal in People

If you’ve seen the movie “Hidden Figures” — and if you haven’t I highly recommend you do, and not just because IBM is a central character — you’ve seen how the race to get a man into space was profoundly affected at the 11th hour by one courageous woman, and the help her boss, her friends, her teachers, and her family gave her to get to that one minute in time when she made a difference.

Kewei Wei: Lead Developer, China Native, History Buff

IBM Silicon Valley Lab

December 13, 2016 by Dinesh Nirmal in People

My founding principle for our organization is, “people first.” I believe that to build great products, you start with talented people and invest in their work and their individual well-being. The great products they make will in turn bring customers.