Cubic Corporation of San Diego, CA announced
on June 25 the appointment of Jim Colson as vice president and chief technology
officer. Colson will join Cubic’s executive team to define and drive
transformative platforms, including cloud and mobile across all Cubic business
divisions. Colson’s extensive experience in transformation; Internet of Things
(IoT); Software as a Service (SaaS) and Cloud; Mobile; Artificial Intelligence
(AI); and Machine Learning (ML) will help shape the company’s transformation
platforms and emerging business models. He will report to Kevin Eagan, senior
vice president and chief digital officer.
“Jim joins Cubic during a pivotal time as we
embrace digital architectures and platforms,” said Eagan. “Jim’s experience,
capabilities and industry-leading technical innovation makes him a strong
leader for our team as we transform the Cubic portfolio within and beyond our
Goal 2020 strategic plan.”
Colson retired from IBM as an IBM Fellow, vice
president and worldwide CTO for the AI and ML infused Watson Customer
Engagement portfolio. Colson began his IBM career as a senior technical staff
member where he worked in robotics and automotive telematics, leading to the
creation of a new embedded IoT software business for the company. Throughout
his tenure, he held roles of increasing leadership responsibilities across
mobile, smarter cities and collaboration systems, while driving market changing
ecosystem contributions in intellectual property, open source and open
standards. With his recognition for transformation success, Colson was selected
as the worldwide CTO of SaaS and Industry Solutions, where he helped formulate
and grow IBM’s multibillion-dollar SaaS focused business unit from its
inception.
Colson was recognized as a Distinguished Engineer
in 2003, appointed as an IBM Fellow in 2010, subsequently chaired the worldwide
software architecture board and served as one of the 10 technical strategy team
advisors to the CEO. After his IBM career and prior to joining Cubic, Colson
was a strategy and portfolio transformation consultant for several Fortune 100
SaaS, Cloud, IoT and Infrastructure companies. He continues to serve as an advisor
to multiple startups.
Colson holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and master’s degrees in computer science and mechanical engineering from the University of Texas, Austin.
Source: Cubic
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