Tom Ribble is the Director of Enterprise product marketing group responsible for Lenovo’s ThinkStation and ThinkServer products. Before Sept 1st 2009, Tom worked on the ThinkPad product marketing team for 8 years. In that position, Tom was responsible for managing the current ThinkPad notebook offerings as well as future generation product definitions and strategies for ThinkPad. Tom has also been involved in development and definition for Lenovo’s R-Series and Z-Series products as well as Lenovo’s netbook products and their future directions.

Tom graduated from Duke University with a Masters of Engineering Management in 2001 and also holds a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware. Prior to his degree at Duke, Tom was a product engineer for Ford Motor Company from 1996 to 2000. Students will be invited to participate and explore ideas for success and career exploration.