Justin R. Rattner is a retired

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Senior Fellow, Corporate Vice President and former director of

Labs. Previously, he served as the corporation's Chief Technology Officer, where he was responsible for leading

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, communications and systems technology labs and

Research. In 1989, Rattner was named Scientist of the Year by

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for his leadership in parallel and distributed

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. In December 1996, Rattner was featured as Person of the Week by

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for his visionary work on the

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System, the first computer to sustain one trillion operations per second (one

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) and the fastest computer in the world between 1996 and 2000. In 1997, Rattner was honored as one of the Computing 200, the 200 individuals having the greatest impact on the U.S. computer industry today, and subsequently profiled in the book ''Wizards and Their Wonders'' from

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. Rattner has received two

Achievement Awards for his work in

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and advanced cluster communication architecture. He was a longstanding member of Intel's Research Council and Academic Advisory Council. He previously served as the

executive sponsor for

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on the External Advisory Board for the

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. Rattner joined Intel in 1973. He was named its first principal engineer in 1979, its fourth

Fellow in 1988, and one of the first four senior fellows in 2002. Prior to joining

, Rattner held positions with

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Company and

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Corporation. He received

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and

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degrees from

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and

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in 1970 and 1972, respectively. In 2012, Rattner was bestowed an honorary Doctor of Science from

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in Salem, Oregon where he delivered the commencement address to th
Atkinson Graduate School of Management
(AGSM). Rattner lives near

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where he and his three children own and operate a large equestrian competition and training facility.

Honors/Achievements

* Awarded Honorary Doctor of Science by Willamette University, May 2012 *

Person of the Week, December 1996 * World's Fastest Computers 1996-2000 *

Scientist of the Year 1989 * Received two Intel Achievement Awards * Globe Award by the Oregon Center for Advanced Technology Education 1989

Patents

* , 7 February 1989 * , 30 August 1983 * , 7 June 1983 * , 13 April 1982

References

External links

Justin Rattner's Blog on ZDNet

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