Platform Computing has appointed Randy Clark as chief marketing officer. In this role, Clark will be responsible for Platform's worldwide marketing and will also be focusing on the company's cloud computing initiative

Kevin Shea has joined Interactive Supercomputing (ISC) as vice president of engineering, where he will lead product development of Star-P

William R Wing has joined Darkstrand as chief technology officer, bringing more than 20 years of experience in the research community to the company

InforSense founder Professor Yike Guo is to move from CEO to the position of chief technology officer and head of innovation, with David Bennett being promoted to chief executive with immediate effect

LMS International has appointed Stefaan Goossens as VP of simulation, and Bruno Massa as VP of strategic planning and corporate communications

Carole Goble, professor in the School of Computer Science at the University of Manchester, has been awarded the inaugural Jim Gray eScience Award at the 2008 Microsoft eScience Workshop in Indianapolis.

Accelerate Technology Laboratories (ATL) has added Dr Thomas Klinckman to its expanding LIMS implementation team.

Peter Beckman has been named director of the Leadership Computing Facility at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory.

AMD has appointed Alberto Bozzo as corporate vice president and general manager of its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region

National Instruments has appointed Robert Morton as its managing director for UK and Ireland. Morton has been with NI for 14 years, having progressed from field sales engineer through to the management team.