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John E. West has been working on his career in tech since 1992. He's worked briefly in telecom and technology integration, but he's spent most of that time in supercomputing. In 2006 he was named to the annual "People to Watch" list by HPCwire, the leading news publication of the supercomputing industry. Right now John is the executive director of a top 20 supercomputing center for the federal government and is working on strategic communications for a large federal supercomputing initiative.

John holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Computational Engineering. He's the author of The Only Trait of a Leader, a field guide to success for new engineers, scientists, and technologists. John follows daily HPC news at insideHPC.com, and comments on leadership and career skills for IT professionals at InfoWorld's Leading from the Trenches blog.