Chief Architect for Sensor-Based Solutions
IBM Systems and Technology Group
IBM Corporation
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Harry Kolar is currently the Chief Architect for Sensor-Based Solutions and a Senior Technical Staff Member in the IBM Systems and Technology Group, concentrating on environmental monitoring and management in the area of advanced water management and energy management solutions under IBM’s Big Green Innovations initiative. He has worked across several IBM divisions in technical, management, and executive roles to advance cross-industry application of new technologies, including advanced analytical methods, knowledge-based systems, data mining, information and knowledge management,
pervasive/embedded real-time intelligent systems, and sensor-based, cyberphysical systems.
Kolar holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in physics and an
interdisciplinary Ph.D. in the science and engineering of materials. He is an Adjunct Professor of Physics at Arizona State University and a District Advocate for the American Physical Society at the U.S. Congressional level.