Debra Goldfarb
Debra is the Chief Analyst and Senior Director of Market Intelligence for Intel’s Data Center Group. Debra’s nearly 30 year career in High Performance Computing started at IDC where she spent 17 years leading the company’s presence in high end computing in government, academia and industry. She was instrumental in driving science and technology policy initiatives in the US and abroad, highlighting the impact and importance of HPC as a fundamental economic and innovation driver. She led IDG’s initiatives in healthcare and life sciences, launching Bio-IT World magazine and Expo, the Life Sciences Venture Fund and a research advisory and consultancy.
Following IDC, Debra was VP of Strategy for IBM’s Deep Computing organization, leading such initiatives such as IBM’s Blue Gene program and the early hosted HPC solutions of Deep Computing on Demand. She ran strategy and Market Intelligence for IBM’s System and Technology Group business unit driving critical BI and analytic programs and new modeling methodologies.
Debra was CEO of Tabor Communications, expanding the scope of the company beyond HPCWire, launching a Research organization, and building out a digital delivery platform. Following Tabor, Debra was at Microsoft leading strategy and evangelism, launching its Technical Computing Executive Advisory Council and driving several high profile collaborations with key partners including the Gates Foundation, UN, DoD, and NetHope.
Since joining Intel, Debra has led the company’s efforts on multiple fronts, including expanding the use and adoption of high performance computing into new markets and communities and driving strategy and pathfinding for Intel’s Technical Computing Group. In her current role as Chief Analyst and Sr. Director of MI, she is responsible for leading the vision and technical infrastructure around developing a world class MI organization for DCG.
She is actively involved in STEM policy initiatives and in working with global organizations to advance economic development through access and use of leading edge technologies. Outside of Intel Debra is active in the community sitting on several boards. She is a devoted mom and an avid skier.