Global Technology Sales: Lessons from the Field
Bob John
Tuesday, 28 Aug 2007 at 6:30 pm – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall
Bob John is Vice President of Technology Sales at TIAX LLC, a technology and innovation company. During a thirty-year career at IBM, he held positions as sales manager, general manager of an IBM subsidiary, Vice President in Technology Group, and Vice President of Channel Financing at IBM Global Financing. John graduated from Iowa State University in 1973 with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering. He also holds an M.S. in Systems Management from the University of Southern California. Technology, Globalization, and Culture Series and part of the Iowa State 150th Anniversary Alumni Lecture Series.Cosponsored By:
- College of Engineering
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Deere & Company
- Rockwell Collins
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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