| John A. Soyring, Class of 1976
After graduating from Michigan Tech with a BSEE in 1976,
John joined IBM. During his career with IBM, John has held
a variety of technical, professional, managerial and executive
positions within the company. He is currently an IBM corporate
vice president and the senior global executive for the IBM
Software Services & Support business unit. In addition
to John’s normal IBM duties, he has successfully lobbied
members of the US congress to support the normalization
of trade with both China and Singapore. John was also involved
with IBM’s work to convince the Chinese Communist
Party to allow citizen’s of the People’s Republic
of China to have access to the internet. John currently
lives in Texas, but his second home and his heart are on
the shores of Lake Superior near the mouth of the Huron
River.
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