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About the Company

IBM is a global technology and innovation company headquartered in Armonk, NY. It is the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, with more than 400,000 employees serving clients in 170 countries. IBM offers a wide range of technology and consulting services; a broad portfolio of middleware for collaboration, predictive analytics, software development and systems management; and the world`s most advanced servers and supercomputers. Utilizing its business consulting, technology and R&D expertise, IBM helps clients become ""smarter"" as the planet becomes more digitally interconnected. IBM invests more than $6 billion a year in R&D, just completing its 18th year of patent leadership. IBM Research has received recognition beyond any commercial technology research organization and is home to 5 Nobel Laureates, 9 US National Medals of Technology, 5 US National Medals of Science, 6 Turing Awards, and 10 Inductees in US Inventors Hall of Fame. The company was behind the inventions of the PC; SABRE travel reservation system; UPC codes, Watson, the Jeopardy!-playing computing system, and much more.

About the Person

Robert C. Weber, also known as Bob, serves as the Senior Vice President of Legal & Regulatory Affairs and General Counsel at IBM United Kingdom Limited. Mr. Weber is the Senior Vice President of Legal & Regulatory Affairs and General Counsel at IBM Global Services U.S. and IBM Canada Limited since 2006. From 1995 to 1996, he was President of the Cleveland Bar Association, and established Bar Association`s Juvenile Justice Initiative. He was Treasurer of United Way Services of Cleveland. He is a Member of New York and Ohio bars. He is a Member of the American Law Institute and the Council for the United States and Italy. He was a Trustee of United Way Services of Cleveland. He and the Cleveland Bar received the Ohio State Bar Association`s highest award for public service. Prior to joining IBM, he practiced law with Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue in Cleveland, Ohio for over 29 years. In private practice, he represented many substantial international businesses, including IBM, in highly visible and complex controversies. While in private practice, he was listed in Best Lawyers in America, The Chambers Guide to America`s Leading Lawyers for Business, and was recognized on two separate occasions by The National Law Journal for having tried a case selected as one of the top ten defense verdicts of the year. In addition, the IBM law department’s pro bono program has been repeatedly recognized for its excellence, including the American Bar Association’s National Public Service Award in 2010, the New York State Bar Association’s President’s Pro Bono Service Award in 2009 and the Pro Bono Partnership’s Outstanding Corporate Volunteer Award in 2008. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He is a graduate of Yale College in 1972 and Duke Law School in 1976.