Cray Appoints Stathis Papaefstathiou to Senior Vice President of Research and Development
January 11 2017 - 4:05PM
Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (Nasdaq:CRAY) today announced
the appointment of Stathis Papaefstathiou to the position of senior
vice president of research and development. Papaefstathiou will be
responsible for leading the software and hardware engineering
efforts for all of Cray’s research and development projects.
With more than 30 years of high tech experience, Papaefstathiou
has held senior-level positions at Aerohive Networks, F5 Networks,
and Microsoft. In his most recent position at Aerohive,
Papaefstathiou was the senior vice president of engineering and led
product development across the company’s entire product portfolio,
including network hardware, embedded operating systems,
cloud-enabled network management solutions, big data analytics, and
DevOps.
Prior to Aerohive, Papaefstathiou served as vice president of
product development at F5 Networks and was responsible for defining
the strategies for dynamic datacenters, cloud, and virtualization.
Previously, Papaefstathiou held several technical and senior
management positions at Microsoft in high performance computing,
distributed operating systems, datacenter automation, as well as in
Microsoft Research. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from
the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom.
“At our core, we are an engineering company, and we’re excited
to have Stathis’ impressive and diverse technical expertise in this
key leadership position at Cray,” said Peter Ungaro, president and
CEO of Cray. “Leveraging the growing convergence of supercomputing
and big data, Stathis will help us continue to build unique and
innovative products for our broadening customer base.”
“My admiration and respect for Cray goes back to my days as a
university research fellow, and throughout my career I have
continued to hold the company’s engineering and R&D
capabilities in very high regard,” said Papaefstathiou. “Leading
the R&D teams at Cray is both an honor and an exciting
opportunity, and I look forward to working with this talented group
to expand the boundaries of what can be made possible with a Cray
supercomputer.”
Papaefstathiou will take over the position currently held by Peg
Williams, who is retiring from Cray. Papaefstathiou will work with
Williams through a transition period prior to her retirement.
“Peg has played an instrumental role in shaping the company and
our products throughout her career at Cray, and I sincerely thank
her for her efforts and contributions,” said Ungaro. “She will be
missed, and all of us at Cray wish her the best in retirement.”
About Cray Inc.Global supercomputing leader
Cray Inc. (Nasdaq:CRAY) provides innovative systems and solutions
enabling scientists and engineers in industry, academia and
government to meet existing and future simulation and analytics
challenges. Leveraging more than 40 years of experience in
developing and servicing the world’s most advanced supercomputers,
Cray offers a comprehensive portfolio of supercomputers and big
data storage and analytics solutions delivering unrivaled
performance, efficiency and scalability. Cray’s Adaptive
Supercomputing vision is focused on delivering innovative
next-generation products that integrate diverse processing
technologies into a unified architecture, allowing customers to
meet the market’s continued demand for realized performance. Go to
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