Eng Lim Goh, Ph.D.

Dr. Eng Lim Goh joined SGI in 1989, becoming a chief engineer in 1998 and then chief technology officer in 2001. He oversees technical computing programs with the goal to develop the next generation computer architecture for the new many-core era.

In 2005, InfoWorld named Dr. Goh one of the World’s 25 Most Influential CTOs. That same year he was also included in the HPCwire list of “15 People to Watch.” In 2007, he was named “Champions 2.0″ of the industry by BioIT World magazine, and received the HPC Community Recognition Award from HPCwire. Dr. Goh is a frequent industry speaker and he continues to discuss, in different forums, innovative technologies and their applications.

Before joining SGI, Dr. Goh worked for Intergraph Systems, Schlumberger Wireline and Shell Research.

A Shell Cambridge University Scholar, Dr. Goh completed his Ph.D. research and dissertation on parallel architectures and computer graphics, and holds a first-class honors degree in mechanical engineering from Birmingham University in the U.K.

Dr. Goh has been granted four U.S. patents, two of which as the inventor and the others as co-inventor.