Susan Baldwin has been appointed advanced computing strategist with the Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network (ORION) to support the organization's plan to become more engaged with the high performance computing (HPC) community. Baldwin will work with ORION president and CEO, Dr Darin Graham, to coordinate programs, collaborate with the HPC community and build funding support initiatives. Prior to ORION, she was the inaugural executive director of Compute Canada. Baldwin has extensive experience in the federal government including senior positions at CANARIE Inc, the CRTC, Industry Canada and Canadian Heritage….