Jeb Linton

CTO, Partner Success & Cognitive Security
IBM Watson and Cloud Platform

Speaker: The Space-Based Cloud: A New Dimension For Cybersecurity

Speaker: Opening General Session - What's the (Next) Big Idea?

Speaker: Closing Session: From the Outside Looking In: Industry 4.0 in Space

Jeb Linton is the CTO for Partner Ecosystem and Cognitive Security within IBM Cloud, Program Director for the Washington DC Area Center for Advanced Studies, and founder of the IBM Cognitive Security initiative. Mr. Linton is an IBM Senior Technical Staff Member and Master Inventor, and has worked for IBM since 2008 as technical strategist and architect on numerous Cloud Computing, Storage, Security and Cognitive Computing projects. He has also formerly acted as CTO of Security for Systems and Technology Group, co-lead of the IBM Watson Architecture Board, and as leader of the IBM Trusted Cloud initiative.
Prior to his work at IBM, Mr. Linton worked in the Intelligence, Defense, and Internet Service Provider Industries. His major areas of work included high security, high availability systems and network architecture, Internet peering strategy, smart utility architecture, and wireless networking. He holds a BSEE from Virginia Tech.