Kareem Yusuf
He is the General Manager of Watson IoT, an IBM Business Unit focused on helping clients in asset-intensive industries as they maximize value from their connected assets. For over 19 years, Kareem has been with IBM and has held leadership positions in a variety of disciplines across the company including Offering Management, Software Development, SaaS Operations, Mergers & Acquisitions and Field Technical Sales.
With a PhD from the University of Leeds, focused on Decision Support Systems for Civil Engineering construction, Kareem is very passionate about “all things technical” with a particular interest in digital media and programming languages. The tech expert is also a TED Speaker and author of “Enterprise Messaging Using JMS and IBM WebSphere”, where he offers a real-world perspective on building messaging solutions based on JMS and the leading messaging provider, IBM WebSphere Application Server.