Justin Hotard

Justin Hotard is executive vice president and general manager of the Data Center and AI Group (DCAI) at Intel Corporation. He is responsible for growing the DCAI business, executing a leading roadmap for Intel’s suite of data center products, and delivering on the company’s commitments to customers and partners. He also plays an integral role in Intel’s mission to bring AI everywhere and empower customers to accelerate their businesses.

Prior to joining Intel in February 2024, Hotard served as executive vice president and general manager of High-Performance Computing, AI and Labs at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). In this role, he led the organization that provided AI capabilities to HPE’s customers and oversaw the team that delivered the world’s first exascale supercomputer, Frontier. He also directed Hewlett Packard Labs, the company’s central applied research group.

Hotard has more than 20 years of experience with global technology companies driving product development and delivering revenue growth.  He has held several senior leadership roles at HPE, including president and managing director of HPE Japan and senior vice president of the compute global business unit.  He also was president of NCR Small Business.

Hotard holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Master of Business Administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management.