Andy Walls recently retired as Chief Architect and CTO for IBM’s Flash Systems. He was also an IBM Fellow, IBM’s most prestigious Honor. Andy worked for IBM for 43 years, and he now is a data storage consultant. He is a pioneer in enabling flash in the enterprise, and he has shaped the IBM storage portfolio to be highly differentiated and popular.

Andy was responsible for IBM’s acquisition of Texas Memory Systems, and he defined and shaped the IBM FlashCore Module which is at the heart of its FlashSystem product line. He led and continues to consult on the architecture and definition of the entire FlashSystems NVMe product portfolio. Known as an innovator, he has applied for or filed over 150 patents.