Lisa Galish is instrumental in the formation of Blade.org in 2006

Lisa Galish has been responsible for driving the implementation of Blade.org activities since before Blade.org was officially formed. Ms. Galish manages the day to day operations of Blade.org, initiating and managing outbound marketing programs such as the www.Blade.org website and publicity program, developing consensus among member companies, identifying strategic alliances for the organization, recruiting members to Blade.org, and providing direction to Blade.org's operational management team and outside vendors. She has served as Marketing Committee Chairperson of Blade.org since it's inception in February 2006. During this time, the marketing committee has achieved notable success in establishing Blade.org as a respected, well-known industry consortium of blade server industry movers and shakers. Within IBM, Ms. Galish has held positions of Program Director, Manager, and Brand Marketing Specialist, and has worked in areas from Microsoft to Linux and in roles focused on marketing, operations, and strategic alliances. Prior to IBM, Ms. Galish held the positions of Staff Director, Market Management and Staff Director Sales Planning and Promotion at NYNEX, which is now part of Verizon. Ms. Galish graduated from Wheaton College in Illinois in 1986 with a BA in economics, and later earned an MBA at Columbia University in New York in 1996.

The Marketing Committee is comprised of volunteers from Blade.org member companies and is responsible for all aspects of Blade.org marketing and promotion activities including creating, developing and maintaining the Blade.org web site, promoting Blade.org and its member companies through press activities, news releases, trade show participation, white papers and technical articles and for communications with members through regular face-to-face meetings.

Contributions throughout Blade.org

Eaton Joins Blade.org To Accelerate The Development And Adoption Of Open Blade Server Platforms

SMBs Prefer Blade Servers for Virtualization

Blade Servers Are the Preferred Virtualization Platform

Tracewell Systems Joins Blade.org to Grow Rugged Blade
Solutions for the Military and Aerospace Market

Blade.org Survey Shows Blade Servers Are the Preferred Virtualization Platform Among Both SMBs and Enterprise IT Organizations

Advancing Global Blade Solutions

Mellanox ConnectX 10GigE Mezzanine Adapter for IBM BladeCenter Is Blade.org Compliant

IBM Grows Reach of Blade.org

Intel Shows New IBM BladeCenter Blade With Next Generation Intel® Xeon® processor at Intel Developer Forum

Growing Role for Blade Servers in SMB Virtualization?

TMCnet: Blade.org Announces New Chairman and Expands Its Board of Directors

Websphere Journal: Blade.org Announces New Chairman and Expands Its Board of Directors

BNET: Blade.org Announces New Chairman and Expands Its Board of Directors

Intel Shows New IBM BladeCenter Blade With Next Generation Intel® Xeon® processor at Intel Developer Forum

Blade.org Announces Webinar Series Focusing on Emerging Trends and Best Practices in the Data Center