Sam Greenblatt
Sam Greenblatt | |
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| Occupation(s) | Technology executive, Chief Technology Officer |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Known for | CTO at Dell Enterprise Solution Group, CTO for webOS at Hewlett-Packard |
Sam Greenblatt held the positions of CTO and Vice President of Technology and Architecture within Dell's Enterprise Solution Group. Prior to this, he was the CTO for webOS at Hewlett-Packard, where he directed the platform’s technical vision and initiatives. During his tenure at HP, Greenblatt also led the architecture for Enterprise Business Solutions, served as CTO for HP.com, headed the LaserJet Enterprise Solutions technology efforts, and acted as General Manager of Core Technologies in HP's Imaging and Printing Group. He was responsible for the Core Technology Group that developed software supporting both LaserJet and Inkjet product lines. Greenblatt played a pivotal role in advancing HP's strategic alliances with Adobe and Microsoft by transitioning from internally created software to partner-based solutions. Furthermore, he revolutionized software development within HP's IPG division by adopting Agile practices, implementing metrics-driven testing, and fostering collaborative quality assurance programs, all of which contributed to enhanced usability, superior quality, and increased market share.
Career
In addition to his technical leadership roles, Greenblatt served as Senior Vice President of Strategic Programs at HP corporate headquarters. In this capacity, he directed competitive intelligence efforts and industry research, regularly briefing HP’s board of directors and executive leadership on critical market trends.
Before joining HP, Greenblatt was Senior Vice President of Innovation at Computer Associates International (CA), where he oversaw the company’s intellectual property assets, research laboratories, and the technical leadership council. As Chief Architect for CA’s Linux Technology Group, he championed the integration of Linux across various product lines and collaborated closely with key clients to influence emerging Linux strategies. Since joining CA in 1994, he advanced through senior positions in development and cross-platform product strategy, contributing significantly to CA’s Unicenter and eTrust product suites while advising major enterprise customers.
Earlier in his career, Greenblatt was CTO and Vice President of Research and Development at Candle Corporation, managing software initiatives spanning communications, distributed systems, applications, development tools, and systems management. His prior experience includes management roles at ARCO, Commodore International, and Arthur Andersen.
Boards and Teaching
Greenblatt has held faculty appointments at Temple University and La Salle University graduate programs. His governance experience includes board memberships with the Object Management Group, Open Source Development Lab (now part of the Linux Foundation), Eclipse Foundation, and founding the Plone Foundation. He also served on the board of Ingres and participated in the Architecture Board at The Open Group. Additionally, he chaired the DMI Committee focused on systems management standards. Renowned for his knowledge in object protocols, Linux technologies, and open source methodologies, Greenblatt contributed articles to Linux World Magazine and delivered keynote addresses at Linux World conferences in 2003 (Japan) and 2004.
Patents
Greenblatt is a co-inventor on three significant U.S. patents: USP 5848234 titled “Object Procedure Messaging Facility” concerning object message passing; USP 5809238 “Data Server with Event Driven Sampling” related to object data storage; and USP 6718399 “Communications on a Network.”