This is the more zesty irreverent way of me trying to be hip and interesting. A version lives here (if you click on the About me tab). Interestingly, people rarely seem to find this on their own, though its linked from nigelbeck.com (which usually comes up fairly high in the Google search results for "nigel beck", especially those for "nigel beck ibm") when you click on "My Work". The most recent-ish version is something like this:

Nigel Beck is Vice President of Business Development for IBM Social Software. He has been involved in the high tech industry since he first started programming at the age of 9. He has subsequently

• developed interfaces to devices, back in the days when programmers used oscilloscopes
• competed in the Canadian Cycling National Championships
• written a Lisp interpreter
• translated The Medea from ancient Greek into verse and produced it in full tragic mask
• built a team from two to two hundred developers in two years to build one of the largest object oriented systems in the world
• sold a company to IBM
• launched the Websphere product line at IBM as the founding product line manager, taking the product from 41st in the market to top three in two years
• run IBM's Speech Systems marketing, creating the VoiceXML consortium
• run marketing for IBM's embedded hardware, creating the first open microprocessor organization, Power.Org
• built a micronational startup, working between US, Canada, Russia, and India, to develop artificial intelligence and semantic web software using social networking, natural language, and recommendation engines
• contributed to various open source projects
• delivered sailboats up and down the US East Coast
• done business in more than 60 countries, captained a small sailboat in a gale at sea, and made confit of foie gras in a jar

This photo is (familiar enough for readers of this blog)

This is one form of the summary of my work accomplishments. You can find it living immodestly here on linkedin.

I excel at bringing new high technology ideas to market.

I have started companies, raised money, patented ideas, sold a company to IBM, sold off an IBM division, built new products, created sales channels, transformed existing businesses, re-engineered divisions, presented to major media and on television, and launched global consortia.

I'm comfortable operating in business environments around the world, am globally mobile, and have experience as a CEO, a CTO, and a CMO, in both large companies and small, and in areas ranging from semiconductors to software, at levels up to the IBM Board of Directors.

Specialties
new technologies, marketing, working globally, outsourcing, acquisitions, spinoffs, organizational change, innovation

Maybe the picture that goes with this one should be

This is a kind of more corporate way of me trying to say how great I am subtlely, solely by listing my awesome accomplishments. It has however been ground up through review by committee. It seems to live an undead life, resurfacing no matter how many intergoogle stakes are pounded through its evil heart:

Nigel Beck is Vice President of Business Development and M&A for Social Software at IBM. He is responsible for strategic partnerships and acquiring companies to augment IBM's social software portfolio. He has helped a diverse range of companies transform themselves into social businesses both through implementing technology as well as cultural change.

Prior to his current role at IBM, Nigel founded a “mobile local social” startup called “liketribe” focusing on providing intelligent recommendations, and a messaging site called “mail2.im” focusing on “find me follow me” text, email, SMS and instant messaging. He was then principal of his own independent consultancy, collaborating with companies from the US and Canada to the UK and Russia to bring new innovations to market.

From 1998 to 2006, Nigel held several key roles at IBM, beginning as Director and founder of WebSphere Product Line Management, a role in which he is credited for creating, defining, naming, and bringing to market the first three versions of the product line. By 2006, Nigel was responsible for marketing IBM's entire $4 billion semiconductor portfolio and associated consulting. One of his major achievements in IBM was to lead an initiative to create open hardware around IBM’s Power Architecture microprocessors. This feat was duly highlighted in the 2004 IBM Annual Report.

This requires the more corporate photo:

Which is the "right" one? Personally, I prefer the first one, as its the most fun, while seeming still somewhat fact based and illustrative. But various formats compel various answers. And, until googling "most lives saved" turns up me (or some similarly Nobel prize worthy feat), thats my answer and I'm sticking to it.