Clinical Faculty Candidate Presentation: Dave Ogle

Dave Ogle
266 Dreese Labs
2015 Neil Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210

Blockchain – Exploring Two Use Cases

Blockchain is a technology that has received a lot of press in recent months. In this class, we will introduce the students to blockchain by using two use-cases: Bitcoin, and Supply Chain. The students will gain a high level understanding of what blockchain is (we won’t dive into mining algorithms!) and they will gain an understanding of why there are different types of blockchains and learn when you might use one type versus the other.

Bio: Dave Ogle is an IBM Distinguished Engineer in the Watson Supply Chain organization. As a technical executive, Dave is responsible for setting the technical direction and developing the skills for a 300+ person team of programmers, designers, testers, and support engineers. Dave works closely with customers and product management to bring new and innovative offerings to market. Dave has held numerous leadership positions inside IBM encompassing all sides of the development process, from architecture, to development, to quality assurance, to delivery and support. Dave has also been actively involved in leading internship programs inside IBM throughout his career and he currently directs the highly successful program at the IBM Dublin Ohio location, which has employed more than 60 students over the last 4 years.

Dave’s current focus areas include: SaaS adoption and migration, adoption of cognitive technologies, and evaluating the applicability of emerging technologies, like Blockchain. Dave received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Computer Science from The Ohio State University.

Host: Rafe Wenger