HP Fellows
HP Fellows and Senior Fellows
Pioneers in their fields, HP Fellows and Senior Fellows set the standards for technical excellence and drive the direction of technology in their respective disciplines. They are not only exceptional technologists, they are futurists whose contributions shape both HP and our industry as a whole.
HP Senior Fellows
HP Labs
Chandrakant Patel
is HP’s Chief Engineer and Senior Fellow. A keen observer of technological and societal inflections, Chandrakant has been a pioneer in the design of information technology (IT) infrastructures and in the application of IT to drive energy management at the scale of cities. He has a proven track record of delivering innovations in servers and data centers from conception and breakthrough technical contributions to business creation and commercialization.
S&I / Print
Paul Benning
is the Chief Technologist for HP 3D Printing, the newest and fastest growing of HP’s three global business units. Paul is an HP Senior Fellow and is recognized for his depth in MEMS, microfluidics and physical fundamentals. Previously, Paul held a series of positions in HP’s ~$20B Print business including core technology development and new business investigations with his most recent role being Chief Technologist for Print
HP Fellows
HP Labs
Boris Balacheff
is Chief Technologist for System Security Research and Innovation at HP Labs where he leads security research strategy. An established technologist and thought leader in platform and infrastructure security, he also works closely with HP business units, customers, and partners on cybersecurity futures and the evolution of the threat landscape.
PS organization
Qian Lin
is the Chief Technologist for Machine Learning and Vision Systems in HP Personal Systems Software. She is also an Adjunct Full Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University. Dr. Lin leads the AI Technologies research and development, with applications in video experience for hybrid work, photo creative experience, and manufacturing quality improvement.
PS organization
Bruce Blaho
is an HP Fellow and Chief Technologist for the Advanced Compute & Solutions Business Unit in HP Personal Systems, which includes the Workstation, Retail & Industry Solutions, VR, Data Science, and Edge Compute businesses. His focus is on innovation and the development of new growth opportunities. Blaho works closely with the CTO and Strategy offices, other HP business units, and industry partners to spur research, creating and harvesting new intellectual property and technologies that help define the industry’s state-of-the-art.
Phil McCoog
is the chief technologist of the HP digital ecosystem that comprises an integrated coherent platform that includes cloud, e-commerce, mobile, data, ML, and printer/IOT to deliver 10M subscriptions for consumer, SMB, and enterprise services. Solutions hosted on this platform include supply subscription, security, workflow, ML-based scan, AI-driven predictive analytics, remote monitoring and management, and cloud-based image processing and printing.
Business Personal
Vali Ali
is an HP Fellow, and the Chief Technologist for Security and Privacy for Personal Systems group. He drives vision, architecture, technology, and evangelization for all security, privacy, and platform enabling hardware, software, and firmware. A keen observer of trends in security, Vali has a track record of seeding ideas and driving them to commercialization. Vali is the chief architect and visionary behind the industry leading firmware protection and recovery solution known as HP SureStart and HP Sure Click.
CTO / HP Labs & Strategy and Incubation
Meli Witucki
is the People Team leader for CTO/ HP Labs and Strategy and Incubation. In this role, she is responsible for leading the business’ overall people strategy for HP’s New Business Incubation and broader technical community, talent acquisition, leadership development, DEI development, and partner with the leadership teams with their culture efforts. She has worked with business leaders in the past to build and manage the HR partnership that reflects and supports their dynamic needs.