Robert Swanson President and CEO, DELTA MAX Robert Swanson is President and CEO of Delta Max, “The Convergence Company”. His extensive experience researching, consulting, teaching, and executing on the benefits of Predictive/Projective Analytics Knowledge Management in creating accelerated client company performance has won him an unquestioned place on the short list of serious thinkers in these areas. Swanson combines an unequalled track record of CEO-centric access and persuasion success, with a unique gift for successfully defining, organizing and resolving the toughest business and information technology management issues, concerns and challenges facing top executives. Swanson’s insights and typically humor-filled presentations have appeared in many IT and business industry trade publications, where he is often quoted in his initiatives and responses to the challenging decision environments faced by organizational top executives. He has given Keynote presentations at the Forester Executive Conferences, MOCA, COMDEX, SIGGRAPH, ITECH, and many other major vendor and organization Conferences on business and IT strategy, revenue and value creation, the future of computer technology, the evolution of IT sales/marketing, and the convergent nature of developing executive strategic initiatives. Robert has had an interesting and exemplary industrial career highlighted by 20 years at IBM, where he progressed from #1 IBM Marketing Rep in the USA to an IBM Computer Divisional Manager. He subsequently became President of Digital Productions in Hollywood, using a Cray/XMP Supercomputer to produce 3D cgi scenes for theatrical feature films THE LAST STARFIGHTER, 2010, LOOKER, LABYRINTH, FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR, THE ICE PIRATES, and EXPLORERS.