Christopher Penney

Christopher Penney is a seasoned professional in high performance computing and artificial intelligence/machine learning platforms, currently serving as Senior Director at Ford Motor Company since November 2001. In this role, Christopher oversees Ford's HPC environment, which encompasses infrastructure, middleware, and processes, and includes platforms for supercomputing, machine learning model development, and big data analytics. Prior to this, Christopher worked as a Consultant at Collective Technologies from December 1997 to November 2001, providing network and Unix/Linux consulting services to multiple organizations in southeastern Michigan. Christopher holds a Master of Science (M.S.) and a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science, both from Michigan State University.