Speakers

Ronny Kerkhofs is a seasoned IT executive with extensive experience in information management and analytics. Ronny Kerkhofs is currently the IBM EMEA, Data&AI Segment Principal where he runs the EMEA Data Segment business within IBM Technology – Data&AI. As an international business leader with consitent, proven results leading the unit, Ronny holds this position since over a decade. He lead(s) the overall segment businesses in ‘data’ (database, datastores, datawarehouse, big data, datalake house, data fabric, ...) portfolio with product brands like Db2, Netezza, Informix, watsonx as well as the IBM OEM products like MongoDb, Cloudera, PostrgesEDB, Singlestore e.a. for distributed platforms, zSeries as well as on multi clouds (AWS,Azure, IBM Cloud) offerings.  With over 32 years of passion for this business, a long history and experience in various technical, sales and senior leadership roles within the software and digital appliances industry, primarily at IBM, Informix and Eastman Kodak, Ronny has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the ‘Data’-domain. He keeps a relentless focus on delivering strong client value by demonstratong enhanced business outcomes through leveraging data, information, and analytics to improve decision making. He has a strong background in leading geo and sales teams in Benelux, Europe and EMEA, again in Data, Analytics and Hybrid Cloud.