Cray today announced that the Board of Directors has elected William C. Blake as a member of the Board. Blake, a 25-year veteran of the High Performance Computing industry, currently serves as the Senior Vice President, Product Development of Netezza Corporation, which develops, markets and sells data warehouse appliances. Prior to joining Netezza in 2002, he was with Compaq Computer Corporation for nine years, managing both Compaq's worldwide High Performance Technical Computing business and its software development group from 1996 to 2002, which included being responsible for compiler development for the Alpha processor; from 1993 to 1996 he was Compaq's director of software products development and long-range operating system strategy. Blake previously held various key engineering management positions with Digital Equipment Corporation from 1981 to 1993. Blake is a member of the Board of Directors of Etnus, Inc., a provider of debugging and analysis solutions for complex computer codes, and is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Association for Computing Machinery. He received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Lowell Technological Institute. "The Cray Board is delighted to welcome Bill Blake as a director," said Stephen C. Kiely, Cray's Chairman. "His broad background in HPC technology, combined with his deep appreciation for our customers' needs and concerns, will make our strong Board even stronger in its ability to provide informed governance." Peter J. Ungaro, Cray's Chief Executive Officer and President, added: "Bill is well recognized and respected across our industry and I'm very pleased that he has joined our Board. On behalf of the management team at Cray, we are looking forward to working with him and believe his first-hand knowledge, in both HPC and technology development, will be invaluable in our quest to become the industry leader in supercomputing and deliver value to our shareholders."