Heath Thompson
Heath Thompson, vice president of engineering for IBM Internet Security Systems, is responsible for the company’s global delivery of its hardware and software product solutions and is a part of the team responsible for guiding the strategic direction of both product and service solutions. Prior to joining IBM Internet Security Systems, Thompson was the founder and CEO of Thoughtmill Corporation, a consulting organization that delivered custom software solutions through its vertical practice units to technology companies and enterprise organizations like T-Mobile, IBM, Scientific-Atlanta, AFLAC and many others. The company was later acquired by American Systems Corporation (ASC) in 2002.
Before founding Thoughtmill, Thompson was director of engineering with Attachmate Corporation and held senior architecture and engineering management roles at companies including DCA, Schlumberger, Intelligent Systems and Hayes. He is a member of the Georgia Tech College of Computing Alumni Advisory Board and has served on a technical advisory council to former U.S. Senator Max Cleland. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and computer science from Emory University and a master’s degree in information and computer science from Georgia Tech.