SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwired - Apr 2, 2015) - Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) today announced the appointment of Catalin Morosanu to the position of vice president of sales for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. With more than 17 years of sales experience in high performance computing (HPC), Morosanu will be responsible for leading Cray's expanding sales efforts in the region.

"Catalin brings an impressive sales and technology background in the global enterprise and supercomputing markets to Cray, and he will be a valuable member of our team as we expand our compute, storage and analytics offerings in one of our fastest growing regions," said Peter Ungaro, president and CEO of Cray. "We have a strong base of established customers in EMEA, and I am excited to have Catalin head up our efforts to develop new partnerships with new customers in both the commercial and traditional supercomputing segments in these important countries."

Prior to joining Cray, Morosanu served as key accounts sales director at Intel where he was responsible for Intel's enterprise business selling through some of its largest OEMs across the EMEA region. Previously, Morosanu held several EMEA sales positions at Intel, including HPC sales director, key accounts sales director, lead market development manager, HPC sales manager and HPC marketing manager. Morosanu also previously held several HPC sales and presales positions in the EMEA region for SGI.

"I am excited to join Cray as I believe the company is in a strong position to build on its success in a region that is rapidly embracing the convergence of HPC and big data," said Morosanu. "My experience in sales and business development for HPC solutions among global customers will help Cray grow in new markets and among new enterprise customers. Cray is an exciting, fast growing company and I look forward to contributing to its continued success."

In his new position, Morosanu joins Dominik Ulmer, Cray's vice president of operations in EMEA. Morosanu will oversee Cray's sales initiatives in the region and Ulmer is responsible for Cray's corporate and management functions across the EMEA organization.

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