Damien Déclat

Extreme Computational Capabilities & Beyond

Damien has incredibly extensive knowledge and experience within the Supercomputing domain. After an engineering degree in Modeling and Scientific Computing in Polytech Lyon (France), Damien began his career in the HPC community in 1999 at Argonne National Laboratory (Chicago, USA). He spent then 5 years developing coupling software for climate modeling simulations at Cerfacs (Toulouse, France), then joining the Bull/Atos Group in 2004 as an Applications Expert and Pre-Sales consultant. Damian then held a number of leadership positions in Bull/Atos. In his final role, as Group Vice president, Damien was leading the HPC, AI & Quantum Global Business Operations at Atos until August 2021. <br> Damien joined HPE in September 2021 and is now running the HPC&AI Supercomputing business at HPE, leader in the domain, developing with his sales and operations organization customized solutions, delivering for the best TCO for the HPE customers.