Cristin Merritt, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Alces Flight, boasts over 20 years of enterprise technology experience, with 7+ years dedicated to High Performance Computing (HPC). Specialising in navigating technology market trends, Cristin’s work explores the convergence of technical and social sustainability in the drive towards successful supercomputing solutions. Her tenure at Alces Flight has seen her spearhead intricate integration projects, three of which garnered global acclaim for their achievements in multi-platform (hybrid) HPC. Cristin’s leadership has cemented Alces Flight as a trailblazer in HPC integration and managed services, delivering solutions tailored to current and future workload demands.

An active contributor to the HPC community, Cristin serves on the Women in HPC (WHPC) Executive Committee and as an editor for the Supercomputing Conference (SC) social media channels.  She also runs the annual Women’s History Month profile project for SC.

Cristin is thrilled to be part of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) for Hanami under the general advisory and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), respectively.  Her aim is to ensure that messaging for the program, as well as its outputs, is treated equitably