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Jeff Gerboth

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior Global Commodity Manager at IBM

  • Education

    • University of St. Thomas - Opus College of Business

      1998 - 2003
      MBA Business Management

    • University of Alaska Anchorage

      1994 - 1998
      BBA Management Information Systems

  • Experience

    • IBM

      Jun 1998 - now

      OEM Storage Global Commodity ManagerImplemented a new sourcing process to shorten the RFQ cycle timeCollaborated to create the new OEM StrategyLed the technology interlocks with core suppliers and IBM engineers so our supply base is better aligned with IBM’s future needsLed cross functional teams to perform source selectionCreated and managed contracts for my suppliers including Base Agreements (BA), Statements of Work (SOW), and Product Unique Attachments (PUA)Optimized the supplier base through reduction where necessaryBuilt strong, balanced supplier relationshipsLed cross functional team to perform supplier performance evaluationsDeveloped and executed cost management strategies Show less Staff Software Engineer May 2000 to Feb 2006 IBM, Rochester, MNLed testing department for several WebSphere Application Server releases Drove serviceability issues as the chief strategistLed the coexistence and install testing for WebSphere Application ServerModeled customer configurations for use as testing scenarios Mentored and trained new IBMers and co-opsManaged testing lab of over 100 distributed systemsWorked as the IT Security Representative for areaEnsured that all lab systems complied with IBM security policiesConducted SVT testing of WebSphere Application Server Show less

      • Senior Global Commodity Manager

        May 2022 - now

      • Senior Global Commodity Manager

        Jan 2018 - May 2022

      • Advisory Global Commodity Manager

        Jan 2010 - Jan 2018

      • Global Commodity Manager

        Feb 2006 - Jan 2010

      • Software Engineer

        May 2000 - Feb 2006

      • Software Engineer

        Jun 1998 - May 2000

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Jeff Gerboth
      Procurement Excellence Award IBM Dec 2014 Jeff lead a cross functional team to work 2 critical quality issues in 3rd Quarter 2014. Jeff provided dedicated and focused leadership on both issues, immediately holding frequent meetings to find the root cause, drive solutions, and ensuring no impacts to IBM Clients. Knowing the critical nature of the potential impact to customers, Jeff took the initiative to bring all team members (supplier technical & commercial team), IBM quality & design team, and the IBM supply/demand team. Jeff kept a… Show more Jeff lead a cross functional team to work 2 critical quality issues in 3rd Quarter 2014. Jeff provided dedicated and focused leadership on both issues, immediately holding frequent meetings to find the root cause, drive solutions, and ensuring no impacts to IBM Clients. Knowing the critical nature of the potential impact to customers, Jeff took the initiative to bring all team members (supplier technical & commercial team), IBM quality & design team, and the IBM supply/demand team. Jeff kept a keen focus on the supply/demand picture, driving solutions to enable supply to ensure no customer issues, while minimizing risk. Jeff drove supplier investment to enable process and test changes at the supplier, with no hit to IBM costs. On another item, Jeff assisted the IBM Research Team in the Advanced Thermal Energy Efficiency Lab on contract support for a project on new thermal solutions. Jeff also drove cost reduction efforts on a new fan with 2 suppliers accounting for an estimated $100K/yr. Show less