Amar Shan holds the position of Director of Product Management at YarcData, a subsidiary of supercomputer leader Cray Inc. In this role, Shan works closely with customers and Cray engineers to translate customers’ scientific and engineering computing demands into innovative, high performance systems. Previously, Shan was responsible for introducing the Cray XD1 supercomputer – a Linux/Opteron system designed specifically for high performance computing (HPC) applications. Prior to Cray, Shan was a co-founder of OctigaBay Systems, where he was heavily involved in product design and direction for what became the Cray XD1 system. Previously, as Director of Product Management at Redback Networks, Shan led the development of intelligent IP networking solutions for telecom service providers. Prior to that, he was a director of product management at Abatis Systems where he played a key role in the development of Internet services software and networking equipment to facilitate the delivery of telecom services over IP. Abatis was sold to Redback Networks in one of the largest private acquisitions in Canadian history. Shan leverages his experience in network communications and complex system design to bring innovation to the HPC market. Shan was the keynote speaker at the 19th Annual International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium and is frequently invited to speak at HPC events around the world. Shan holds a Master of Mathematics in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Waterloo and Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of British Columbia.