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Cray Inc. Names Ly Pham as Senior Vice President of Operations
Cray today announced the appointment of Ly-Huong T. Pham as Senior Vice President of operations, with responsibility for engineering, manufacturing, employee support, and information services. Peter J. Ungaro was named as Senior Vice President for sales, marketing and services. Pham joined Cray in February of this year as Vice President of software. For the sixteen months prior to joining Cray, she was a management consultant located in Sunnyvale, CA, active in the software industry. From June 2001 to November 2002, she served as the chief executive officer and president of Turbolinux, Inc., of Brisbane, CA; and from June 2000 to June 2001 as the chief operating officer and executive vice president of development at Turbolinux. From October 1997 to June 2000, Pham was the chief technology officer and vice president of research and development at VTEL Corporation; she also served from January 2000 as the chief operating officer of Onscreen 24, an internet spin-off. From 1992 to 1997, she worked for Apple Computer, Inc., where, among other senior roles, she managed the development of Mac OS 8. From 1980 to 1992, Pham was an engineering manager at Wang Laboratories, Inc.
Pham received a B.A. and an M.S. in Computer Science/Information Systems from Boston University and is completing her M.B.A. at Pepperdine University.
Ungaro joined Cray in August 2003 as Vice President responsible for sales and marketing. Over the previous 12 years he held a number of sales leadership positions at IBM, most recently as vice president, worldwide deep computing sales.
"In July 2004, we announced a difficult but necessary restructuring to reshape Cray for the future," said James E. Rottsolk, Cray's Chief Executive Officer and President. "The changes we are announcing today provide us with a new executive structure with the same goal of streamlining decision-making and improving execution. Ly Pham has had a significant impact on the software development group at Cray in the seven months she has been with us, consistent with her enviable track record.
"Cray has a great road map, with three products, the Cray XD1, Red Storm and the Cray X1E systems completing development, to be followed by our Rainier and Cascade programs," Rottsolk continued. "By the end of 2004, we will have products that span from the largest supercomputers in the world to the substantial midrange of the high performance market. Under our new structure, Ly will manage our internal development projects with an eye toward our customers' current and future needs. As part of her responsibilities, she will manage our new product management group and technology office."
Rottsolk added, "Peter Ungaro will drive our partnerships externally with our customers, from the initial sales and marketing through ongoing service and support. Pete and Ly will work together to insure continued technology leadership and responsiveness to market requirements."