Michael Brinkman Email & Phone Number

Fort Collins, CO, US

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Responsible for directing HP's global Advance Computing Solution’s R&D division for Desktop Workstations and Retail Point of Sale solutions.
• Product Launch: Successfully introduced multiple generations of the high-performance HP Z desktop workstations. Ensured on-time market entry, maintained exceptional product quality, and achieved rigorous development &.
• Partnership Management: Owned and managed all critical partner and ODM relationships, securing significant partner funding for HP.
• Strategic Engagement: Collaborated with top-tier M&E, AEC, and PD clients and ISVs to gain insights. Shaped the strategic technical direction for workstation products, capitalizing on emerging opportunities in AI and.
• Market Leadership: Achieved #1 market share for world-class Point of Sale solutions.
• Innovation: Leading HP PS organization for patent submission and awards. Pioneered digital solutions for material photometrics and remote systems management. Advocated advanced material science, leading to the creation.

Indianapolis, IN, US

Morrisville, NC, US

• Led a worldwide development organization of 150 engineers for software and solutions development, including hyper converged platforms (Nutanix, vSAN, and Azure Stack) as well as workload specific solutions including.
• Aggressively drove to a DCG turnaround and achieved multiple quarters of revenue growth, with 2Q2018 YtY revenue growth of 68%, exceeding $1.4B.
• Increased FY1718 YtY Software Defined revenue by 247%, driven significantly by growing the portfolio of hyper converged solutions (Nutanix, vSAN, Azure Stack).
• First in the industry to deliver a Purley based Nutanix Appliance (Lenovo HX). First to deliver Microsoft Azure Stack (Lenovo SXM) to China.
• Launched industry leading LiCO application to simplify AI and HPC job orchestration.
• Partnered with SAP to develop mission critical HANA appliances. Exceeded $260M in revenue for FY1718 and 71% growth in YtY unit shipments. Recognized by Gartner as #2 in industry.

Morrisville, NC, US

• Owned end to end firmware and tools development for Lenovo ThinkSystem servers, including: operational budget, functional requirements, high level architecture, product security, defect resolution, and field issue.
• Reduced $35M OpEx by 25% while launching a record number of 10 new servers on day one with the Intel Purley launch.
• Revamped entire firmware architecture to achieve break out performance and functionality. Improved server boot time by 64%. Implemented HTML5 and Redfish in the BMC to achieve highly manageable and easy to maintain.
• Consistently achieved ITIC's #1 ranking for x86 server reliability.
• Ensured best in breed products, by maniacally focusing on quality and security.
• Integrated the IBM and Lenovo firmware teams, code bases, and operational environments.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Managed the UEFI and system management (BMC) development teams for IBM’s $4.6 billion dollar server business. Drove the modernization of the IBM system firmware off legacy BIOS to UEFI as well as leading the team.
• Integral to the planning and execution of the $2.3B divestiture of IBM System x to Lenovo.
• Established firmware and software security protocols to secure US government CFIUS approval for divestiture.
• Drove the adoption of UEFI, resulting in being the first tier 1 vendor on UEFI, for an annual royalty savings of $2.5M.
• Reduced OpEx by establishing China development team for core firmware and tools development.
• Instituted firmware security team (PSIRT) to track and mitigate security vulnerabilities.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Lead the hardware development team to deliver, on schedule, the complete hardware solution for the IBM x336 server.
• Teamed with marketing to gather customers requirements.
• Oversaw all mechanical, thermal, power, and electronic design points.
• Personally focused on the systems management hardware subsystem (BMC) and its system interoperability.
• Authored the specification for a single chip power control subsystem. Drove the business to adopt the design across all mid-range servers and provided all in lab development for this design.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Lead engineer for numerous industry leading servers, including the first IBM 1U server.
• Involved in all aspects of server designs, including all major electrical subsystems (CPU, memory, storage, networking, BMC) as well as mechanical, power, and thermal.
• Awarded IBM Corporate OTAA for design and coding of C2T KVM switching system for 1U servers.

Bs, Computer Engineering

Master'S Degree, Information Technology - Business Intelligence And Analytics