Erik is Senior Offering Manager on IBM Power Systems team with responsibility for defining, implementing and delivering the growing Red Hat and Cloud Pak offerings on Power and bringing the Red Hat Marketplace, IBM Cloud Paks and ISVs to Power Systems Virtual Server. Erik has held senior product management roles at IBM for over 10 years, is a frequent speaker at conferences and has co-authored IBM RedBooks on Information Governance and Reference Data Management. Erik received his BA Degree in Experimental Physics and MA from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and now lives in Northern California.