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Don Aldridge
General Manager, Research & Life Sciences
Institution: IBM
Don Aldridge, General Manager Research & Life Sciences, IBM Canada Ltd., joined IBM in the fall of 1984 and has held a number of technical, sales and management positions. Most of his career has been spent working with higher education institutions. He introduced the “ThinkPad University” student mobile computing program in Canada in the early 1990s. In 2003, he established a Life Sciences unit in Canada, working with medical researchers in universities and research hospitals across the country. Don is currently responsible for research relationships with Canadian universities, focusing on collaboration between IBM’s scientific organizations and the academic community. He serves on the board of several university based programs. He received a BSc in Mechanical Engineering 1982 and an MBA in 1984 from Queen’s University.
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