Charlie Bess

Biography

In 2011 I moved into the services lab to focus on maximizing the benefit HP Enterprise Services generates from their relationship with HP Labs.  Before that I was more of a utility player for EDS (and now HP Enterprise Services) performing a variety of roles in recent years such as the Chief Technologist of EDS' Application Delivery organization, the acting VP for Application Portfolio during the creation of EDS' application portfolio strategy, and the chief technologist for the relationship between EDS and Kraft. I have supported a variety of industries including process manufacturing, discrete manufacturing, engineering, consumer products and health care (payer).

I am known as a team builder who interfaces across and within organizational boundaries to develop team solutions and I constantly strive to understand innovation both within and outside HP.

My value has been that of a pioneer -- typically knowing where the explorers have gone and identifying the best path for others to follow. I try to cultivate a large resource network inside and outside HP, which helps facilitate the process of clearing overgrown routes and enabling efficient and effective movement of the larger group to meet common and corporate objectives.

Research interests

Robotics, analytics, software and enterprise architecture, collaboration and user interface design/attention engineering.

Awards

Licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas
Distinguished certified architect leader by the Open Group

Publications

Numerous publications in industry journals (e.g., Cutter Journal).

Hundreds of blog entries through The Next Big Thing blog for HP.

Patent Granted
7,853,489 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGENT BASED DEVELOPER SELF SELECTION

Patents Pending:

20100042448 APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR EVALUATING ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOR USING ORGANIZATION ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION
20100036665 GENERATING SPEECH-ENABLED USER INTERFACES
20100030598 PLATFORM PROVISIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD
20090265703 System and method for application portability
20070248026 System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Concept Network Based Collaboration
20040054709 Assessment of capability of computing environment to meet an uptime criteria
20020165748 System and method for organized project development

Patents

1

Professional activities

Senior IEEE member

I am active on several boards at Southern Methodist University where I act as mentor and coach for MBA candidates as well as participating in their curriculum advisory committee. I interface regularly with Purdue University's Electrical Engineering school and University of North Texas on technology direction. I am also on the executive board of the FIRST robotics competition in North Texas and coordinate judging for the FIRST Robotics Competition.