Paul Humler, Cloud Solutions Architecture Director at IBM

Paul Humler is the director of cloud solutions architecture at computer company IBM. He has been holding the position since 2016.

Humler leads IBM’s Cloud Solution Architect team, which focuses on clients’ transition to the cloud. He also helps customers identify and migrate workloads to virtual cloud infrastructures like IBM Cloud, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.

The cloud solutions architecture director also identifies workload modernization opportunities on scalable, portable and resilient cloud-native technologies. Other roles he performs include recruiting and developing engineering and management talent and balancing resources utilization, according to his LinkedIn profile.

He worked at AT&T Business Services for 10 years before joining IBM. He was the director of solution architects from 2013 to 2016 and was the global manager of enterprise resource planning application architects from 2016 to 2013.

Humler held various leadership roles before joining AT&T, including as a manager at USi, Inc., team leader of web application development at RWD Technologies and team leader of application development at TeleCommunication Systems, which was acquired by Comtech Telecommunications in 2015.

The industry veteran started his career in 1992 as a senior software engineer at IIT Research Institute.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Maryland.

IBM offers cloud, artificial intelligence and automation products and services to customers in various industries, including the defense, health and health care sectors. It is headquartered in Armonk, New York, and has multiple offices within and outside the U.S.