Scott Tease

Scott is the General Manager of Lenovo’s Products and Solutions Group which covers the full portfolio of enterprise infrastructure products. He also acts as the lead executive for Lenovo ISG environmental and sustainability efforts. He has been with Lenovo since October, 2014, following the acquisition of IBM’s System x team. Prior to this, he spent fourteen years as a member of the IBM System x Executive Team.

He and his team are responsible for Lenovo’s server, storage, and software portfolio, which includes Artificial Intelligence (AI), High Performance Computing (HPC), entry to midrange storage offerings, and ThinkAgile Hyper Converged Infrastructure. The team’s goal is to provide smarter infrastructure to users, reducing the barrier of entry for AI, delivering Smarter AI to all.

In his many roles in open systems architecture, Scott has shaped the future of IBM and now Lenovo’s systems. Scott led Lenovo’s High Performance Computing and Artificial Intelligence team. Under Scott’s leadership, Lenovo earned the title of world’s leading provider of Super Computers in 2018 (according to biannual TOP500.org list), and today 1 in 3 systems on the TOP500 are Lenovo branded systems. Scott was named to the HPC Wire People to Watch in HPC list for 2015. Beyond HPC he also led Lenovo’s Artificial Intelligence strategy – focusing on enabling Lenovo’s clients with the best AI technology available based on openness and deep partnership, delivering Responsible AI in easy to consume packages for customers across industries.

Prior to joining Lenovo, Scott ran the IBM System x High Volume Business Line from Taipei, Taiwan. He set up and managed a team of marketing and development leaders that rearchitected IBM’s entire high-volume line up of rack and tower servers. Taipei is one of his favorite cities due to its strong technology, beautiful scenery, appreciation for Chinese heritage and culture, and most of all for its warm and friendly people. Scott is a founding member of the IBM BladeCenter product team. He helped manage that business from zero in revenue for 2002 to over $1.0B U.S. in annual sales in five short years. He also served as IBM infrastructure/data center Solutions Manager, improving customer experience across all aspects of high density systems. He joined IBM in 2001 to help start up IBM’s midrange fibre channel storage products – the FAStT family.

Scott is from Raleigh, North Carolina. He is a graduate of North Carolina State University and has a degree in Chemistry.