Andrea Rossi is leading global Identity Governance sales at IBM. Andrea started his career at the Logica Group and holds a degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy. He then served in a number of roles at Novell, where he was one of the original founders. He joined in 2001 as a Principal at Cambridge Technology Partners – a consulting firm acquired by Novell. He was instrumental in providing leadership and driving revenue growth for Novell's Identity & Security business. Andrea then served as VP Sales & Partners at CrossIdeas, which was acquired by IBM on July 31st, 2014.