Ian Lewis (born 1961) is an American computer scientist who is the director of infrastructure investment for the

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and previously the director of the

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from 2005 to 2014

Early life and education

Lewis was born in

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. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the

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and a PhD at the

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Career

Lewis started his career in 1983 at IBM. He later worked at

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and

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before becoming global CIO for

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. He returned to the

in 2005 as the fourth director of the University Computing Service since its establishment as the Mathematical Laboratory in 1949. He was a member of the board of

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from 2006 to 2013 and was also a board member for

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between 2007 and 2011. He lived in New York City for 10 years, including the extended period of recovery of the

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associated with the

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in 2001. During the attacks, he assisted victims in the

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before moving to a prepared

disaster command center in

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. In 2008, he was appointed an Honorary Commander of the

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References

Living people Members of the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory British computer scientists Alumni of Queen Mary University of London Merrill (company) people 1961 births Fellows of Girton College, Cambridge {{Compu-scientist-stub