Frederick A. Kohout — Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Products at Cray

Mr. Frederick A. Kohout, also known as Fred, has been the Chief Marketing Officer of Cray Inc. since 2016 and has been its Senior Vice President of Products since April 4, 2017. Mr. Kohout served as Senior Vice President of Cray Inc. since 2016 until April 4, 2017. Mr. Kohout served as the Chief Marketing Officer of Automic Software GmbH until June 2011. He served as Chief Marketing Officer of UC4 Software GmbH until June 2011. He has more than two decades experience bringing new technology to market and brand building on a global scale. He was responsible for the branding, go-to-market and product marketing activities at UC4. He served as Vice President at EMC. He served as the Chief Marketing Officer of TAGSYS RFID Group, Inc. since October 17, 2006. He was responsible for all of the TAGSYS' product, program and partner marketing. He is a 25 year veteran of media and high-tech marketing and has a wealth of experience in taking new technology and brands to market. Prior to TAGSYS, he held several executive positions at Sun Microsystems, an international industry leader in servers, storage, software and services focusing on network computing, including Vice President of Marketing for SPARC Server products, Vice President of Client Software Group and Vice President of Marketing for Europe, Middle East and Africa operations. Mr. Kohout holds a Degree in Broadcast Journalism Central Washington State University.