"IBM brings substantial experience providing procurement services and applying Watson technology to clinical care and research," Jesus Mantas, general manager of business consulting at IBM Global Business Services, said in a statement.

IBM Announces Collaboration with Leading Fortune 500 Companies, Academic Institutions and National Research Labs to Accelerate Quantum Computing.  Jesus Mantas said "I am very proud to announce today our new quantum consulting practice in IBM Services, called IBM Q Consulting.   This is one more step in our journey to be the most technologically relevant consulting group in the world. IBM Q Consulting will explore the possibilities of  quantum computing to optimize business problems that can't be solved with today's computing."

Jesus Mantas, General Manager, Cognitive Process Transformation, IBM Global Business Services said: “We’ve built a cognitive procurement platform trained specifically to understand procurement transactions and unstructured data such as weather, non-standard part numbers in contracts and complex pricing structures. By combining the power of IBM Watson on the IBM Cloud with SAP Ariba, we are leaping existing procurement benchmarks and delivering unprecedented value to our joint clients.”

Jesús Mantas will discuss how cognitive systems are transforming professions and creating a new level of exponential outcomes across many industries. No human alone can read, see, feel, hear and make sense of all the data transforming their work and profession. These "super humans" use IBM Watson to perform their profession at levels well beyond today's benchmarks; in doing so they are reinventing themselves, their professions and the organizations they work for.