Lots of people have devoted 35 years of their professional life to the IBM Company, but few have had as great an impact on our business and culture as you.

From your perch somewhere in the "skunk works", you have consistently listened to the marketplace, been insightful about unmet and emerging customer needs, helped to design and develop appropriate solutions, pushed back on conventional wisdom, stood firm with the courage of your convictions, and behaved as an effective agent of change.

I have come to think of you as a "Mega-Morpher", who transformed himself from a Finance guy to a world renown Internet guru. But you did not take this journey alone, since your well-articulated points-of-view have stimulated profound changes in our Industry, our Company, our Customers, and even me!

Yes, I finally get it, and the attached file proves the point - you "morphed" virtually everything you touched, and we are all deeply appreciative of your contributions.