Stephen Brobst
Chief Technology Officer
Teradata

Stephen is widely regarded as the foremost expert in data warehousing and joined Teradata in October of 1999. Prior to joining Teradata, Stephen successfully launched three start-up companies related to high-end database products and services in the data warehousing and e-business marketplaces: Tanning Technology Corporation (TANN on NASDAQ), NexTek Solutions (acquired by IBM), and Strategic Technologies & Systems (acquired by NCR).

Previously, he taught graduate courses at Boston University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in both the MBA program at the Sloan School of Management and in the Computer Science departments of both universities. Stephen performed Masters and PhD research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where his dissertation work focused on load-balancing and resource allocation for parallel computing architectures. He also holds an MBA with joint course and thesis work at the Harvard Business School and the MIT Sloan School of Management. Brobst completed his undergraduate work in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in just three years at University of California, Berkeley, and was awarded the highest honor given to a graduating senior in the College of Engineering (Bechtel Engineering Award).