Meredith Stowell is the Vice President of Ecosystem for IBM Systems Group, where she is helping to build skills and a strong community of partners. Meredith works with clients, universities, students, professional developers and partners around the world to build critical IT skills needed in the marketplace by IBM and the broader ecosystem. She leads developer outreach activities including hackathons, meetups and trial programs to increase awareness of the platform and build a vibrant ecosystem of solutions supported on the IBM zSystems and LinuxONE platforms.