Bob Irwin is President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sterling Commerce, responsible for driving company vision, growth, and profitability. In this role, Irwin is focused on reshaping Sterling Commerce to lead the company s evolution to a major player in the enterprise software market. He is providing strategic leadership in articulating the company vision; transforming the company s software delivery efforts; building strategic partnerships; and leveraging the company s parent company, AT&T, and key customer constituencies. Prior to taking the post as CEO, Irwin served as the company s top sales executive and a key member of its executive team since joining the company in 2002. In this role as senior vice president, Americas Sales, Irwin was responsible for strategic leadership of the Sterling Commerce Americas sales team, where he helped transform the company s sales organization. Irwin has more than 21 years of experience through work at IBM, several technology consulting practices, and as an information technology (IT) executive. As an IT executive at leading financial services and healthcare companies, Irwin gained invaluable experience in the technology field. This experience built upon his work at IBM, where he began his career as a major account salesperson for four years, followed by three years as a major account sales manager. After IBM, he built three successful technology consulting practices in the areas of software development, network engineering and business management. Irwin received his Bachelor of Science degree from Ohio State University in 1982