Jamie Erbes

Jamie Erbes is an HP Fellow and director of the Services and Solutions Research Lab at HP Labs, overseeing research into new technologies and business models for cloud-based services that will bring personalized, context-aware experiences to individuals and new efficiencies to the enterprise.

Widely respected as a leader in cloud-based computing, Erbes has more than 20 years of experience in providing leadership, innovation and influence in the fields of networking, data centers and workflow automation. She is a board member of the Service Research and Innovation Institute (SRII), and in 2012 was named among the ten “Top Women in Cloud” by CloudNOW. Her insights have appeared in publications such as Forbes, ZDNet, eWeek and The Australian.

Erbes joined HP in 2008 as the Chief Technology Officer for Software & Solutions in HP’s Office of Strategy and Technology where she supported the company-wide software strategy for Business Technology Optimization (BTO), HP’s IT management software, and Communications & Media Solutions, with offerings for the CME industry. In this role she helped create an influential, forward-looking vision for cloud services and their impact on Enterprise IT management.

Previously, Erbes served as the CTO of the EDS infrastructure portfolio, producing the strategic and technical roadmaps that brought the LoudCloud MSP business and Opsware technology into the EDS business. Additionally, she helped launch a new service line focused on global automation and enabling technologies in support of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) service management processes. Prior to joining EDS, she held numerous leadership roles at LoudCloud, Inc. where she led the first releases of Opsware and other web-hosting automation solutions.

Erbes began her career in the telecom industry leading global OSS development teams at Wiltel, WorldCom and @Home. She earned her computer science degree at East Central University in Oklahoma.