Marcel Mitran is a Distinguished Engineer and Chief Technology Officer for IBM LinuxONE based out of the IBM Toronto Lab. Marcel has spent fifteen years developing hardware and software technology to solve problems of the modern enterprise. With over 26 patents filed, Marcel is an IBM Master Inventor. Prior to joining IBM in 2001, Marcel received a M. Eng. degree for research he did on active vision systems at McGill’s Centre for Intelligent Machines in Montreal, Canada.