Steven Roberson is IBM Power's Principal Offering Manager for Linux. Relationships are key to making sure the right offerings are provided to solve our clients pain points. Working closely with our Linux Distros, Business Partners and clients is the best way to ensure success for all. Prior to this role, Steven was the Power HW Offering Program Manager making sure we released offerings as planned. Having worked in many areas in Power, Steven is somewhat a Jack of all trades, receiving awards for his work with Watson along with managing key client focused conferences. He also spent 2 years travelling the world educating the masses on Linux on Power and the competitive advantages. Before coming to IBM, Steven worked for Hewlett Packard in their disk and printer businesses and Fujitsu as a sales engineer.