Ms. Foster joined IBM in 1977 as a cost engineer in the Federal System Division, Owego, New York. Her responsibilities included cost estimating hardware, software, system integration contracts on new business proposals for federal contracts (LAMPS, TRIDENT Q5 Sonor Systems, NAVAIR, NAVSEA), etc.
In 1981, she transferred to Boulder, CO and became a S/34-38 System Engineer with a large install base in a remote territory that included Colorado and Wyoming.
In 1993 she became a member of the newly forming Printing Systems Division Professional Services Group as a iSeries printing perform resources. She was responsible for developing professional services contracts, project managing those contracts to a successful completion, and in many cases performing those iSeries professional services contracts.
Beginning 1999, Sharon became manager of the Professional Services Group with management responsibility which include a group of 15 highly technically skilled consultants, program and project manager, as well as revenue and gross profit responsibility.
Sharon has a husband and two sons age 11 and 16. She loves to ski, mountain bike read and run.