Frank Stein
Frank Stein is the Director of IBM’s Analytics Solutions Center (ASC) in Washington, D.C. In this role, Frank works closely with government, industry, and the academic community on the application of analytics and big data to mission and business problems. He is part of IBM’s team working with customers on the Watson Initiative. Frank has spent most of his career in R&D, with the last twelve years in IBM’s customer-facing units including the Federal Innovation Solution Center and the Federal SOA Institute, both of which he helped to create and then direct. Frank has published papers on a wide range of topics including risk analytics, satellite encryption, Innovation, Interactive TV, and SOA. He holds patents on pen-based computing, video-on-demand, and multimedia technology, and was the 1st recipient of the “IBM Nick Donofrio Award for Innovation” for his work in IBM Federal. He has degrees from Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, and George Washington University.