Mark Dietrich is Senior Advisor with EGI Foundation, guiding EGI’s alignment with initiatives of the European Commission, with the broader cloud computing industry in Europe and with global open science efforts. Mark is an experienced leader and senior executive, skilled in a wide range of technologies, with particular expertise in high performance computing, spearheading Canada’s national advanced research computing organization, Compute Canada, in a complete refresh of its technology base and a full re-financing of its operations. Mark has advised e-Infrastructure organizations on four continents, as well as global vendors of advanced computing technology, on issues of strategic planning, service alignment, and operational impacts of technology trends.