Eric Skomra
NVIDIA AI Technologist | SLED Sales Leader | SLG Executive | SLED Sales Mentor | SLED Executive Briefing Master | Public Speaker | Team Leader | Program Manager | Technology Evangelist | Business Partner Advocate
- Role
- Public Sector & Smart Spaces Nvidia Ai Technologist Us and Canada at Lenovo
- Location
- Powell, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Eric Skomra
Eric Skomra leads as an NVIDIA State and Local Government, Education and Smart Spaces AI Technologist at Lenovo. He brings enterprise AI solutions to public sector, education and smart space leaders across the US and Canada. As an NVIDIA certified AI Infrastructure and Operations Associate, Certified AI Advisor and former public sector executive, Eric specializes in helping organizations navigate AI adoption strategies and maximize their technology investments.With over two decades of executive IT leadership experience, Eric has served as CIO for the Ohio Department of Medicaid (managing a $23B agency and $941M biennial technology budget), CTO for Franklin County Data Center, and IT Director for multiple state, county, city and health care organizations. His proven track record includes leading a $52M complete technology transformation, achieving $22M in annual operational cost savings, and establishing IT departments from the ground up.Recognized as a \"Broadband Hero\" by Connect Ohio for his pioneering work in southeastern Ohio\'s digital infrastructure expansion, Eric combines deep technical expertise with practical business acumen. He holds a BSBA from The Ohio State University where he also completed executive training and served eight years in the U.S. Naval Reserve Construction Battalions. Eric is a frequent speaker at government technology conferences, focusing on AI implementation, digital transformation, and strategic technology adoption in the public and private sector smart spaces.
Experience
Public Sector & Smart Spaces Nvidia Ai Technologist Us and Canada
Apr 2025 — Present · US
Bringing Lenovo, NVIDIA, and partner enterprise AI Solutions to US and Canadian customers.Lenovo and its partner ecosystem offer customers 165+ AI, NVIDIA empowered, solutions for - retail, manufacturing, healthcare, finance, education, and government. For customers who want to move AI solutions into production quickly, Lenovo provides NVIDIA powered AI infrastructure, software, and services for faster AI adoption and production deployment.
Education
The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business
BSBA, Production Management & Marketing
1990 — 1994
Skills
- Software as a Service (Saas)
- Organization & Prioritization Skills
- Technical Architecture
- Technical Presentations
- Technical Analysis
- Management
- Team Building
- Customer Support
- Technical Leadership
- Wide Area Network (Wan)
- Project Management
- Technical Support
- Consulting
- Strategy
- Information Technology
- Virtualization
- Routers
- Process Improvement
- Program Management
- IT Operations
- Telecommunications
- Customer Satisfaction
- Strategic Leadership
- Infrastructure
- IT Service Management
- Change Management
- Security
- Enterprise Software
- Architecture
- Start-Ups
- Culture Change
- Community Outreach
- Networking
- System Administration
- Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
- Network Architecture
- Customer Service
- Team Leadership
- Vendor Management
- IT Management
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