Kirk Bresniker is Chief Architect of Hewlett Packard Labs and an HPE Fellow and Vice President.  He joined Labs in 2014 to drive The Machine Research and Advanced Development program, leading disruptive development teams across Labs, HPE business units and with academic and industrial partners. Prior to joining Labs, Kirk was Vice President and Chief Technologist in the HP Servers Global Business Unit, the culmination of 25 years of innovation leadership in global product delivery. Kirk current holds 30 US patents and graduated in 1989 Cum Laude from Santa Clara University Humanities Honors program with a BSEE.