Mitchell Schwartz is a Director - Solution Architecture at Siemens. Colleagues describe him as "Mitch is a very creative and high-energy person, who uses his talents to come up with innovative solutions to problems that no one else has been able to fix. No one is more passionate on issues than Mitch. He works hard to build relationships and open dialogues between groups that helps get to the heart of issues and resolve problems. He’s outstanding at identifying risk, and developing solid solutions to manage that risk. Mitch can analyze any situation and quickly discover the critical elements that need to be addressed. As a manager, he has a natural ability to bring out the best in staff, and lead them to produce breakthrough business results. It was a pleasure and an honor to work with Mitch at Washington Mutual."