Cray Inc. announced that it has appointed John Dinning as its new senior vice president of products. Dinning brings over two decades of experience strategically guiding technology companies through market positioning, growth and business transformation. The appointment comes as Cray prepares to deploy its newest “Shasta” supercomputing architecture, purpose-built to meet the demands of the exascale era. Prior to joining Cray, Dinning spent more than 17 years at Teradata, a provider of data and analytics solutions for large enterprises. While there, Dinning most recently served as executive vice president and chief business officer. Dinning also held leadership roles in product management, global marketing, corporate strategy, M&A and business development. Dinning’s accomplishments at Teradata include repositioning the company and expanding its solutions portfolio, spearheading Teradata’s move into the cloud, and leading the company toward a software-as-a-service solutions model.