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Ron Bewtra is the Vertical Director for Leadership Computing at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). This vertical pertains to worldwide customers who are pushing the absolute limits of High Performance Computing. Mr. Bewtra is responsible for understanding the customer needs and vision, and HPE's solutions and strategy in this space.

Prior to this position, Ron Bewtra served as the CTO of the US Department of Justice. In this role, Mr. Bewtra drove technology innovation and developed the Department’s technology roadmaps in the areas of AI, Data, Geospatial Capabilities, Cloud, and Networking. Mr. Bewtra also served as a chair of the Federal CIO Council’s Innovation Committee, chair of the Federal CTO Council, and chair of the Federal IPv6 Task Force.

Ron Bewtra previously served as the CTO of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). During his time at NOAA, Mr. Bewtra also led the agency’s research and development high performance computing.