Jeff Nick is Senior VP and CTO at EMC Corporation. This puts him in charge of the company’s Corporate Office of Technology, which has to clarify its “evolving information infrastructure technology vision and strategy.” He works directly with EMC’s executive team and leading technologists across storage platforms, software products, and the global services divisions to develop future products and solutions. Nick is Chairman of the firm’s CTO Council – its internal forum for technical collaboration on information infrastructure design initiatives. He Chairs EMC’s external Industry Technical Advisory Council – which incorporates a few employees that investigate the company’s technical strategy vis-à-vis industry technology trends. He also stewards the company’s Technical Advisory Board. In his role as CTO, Nick drives the company’s internal Innovation Network, connecting all its R&D efforts around the world. He supervises its sponsorship of university research internationally as well as its involvement in industry standards bodies. Nick also established and is now Chairman of the company’s corporate Fellow and Distinguished Engineer Review Boards, responsible for recognizing and leveraging EMC’s top technical talent in shaping integrated technology solutions for EMC’s customers.