Fred Thomas

Fred Thomas works in HP’s Advanced Compute and Solutions (ACS) Business as a HP Distinguished Technologist. He has degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Physics from Bucknell University. Among his roles in ACS is Structured Innovation Lead for R&D, where he facilitates their organization-wide Friday Morning Innovation sessions. He is also ACS’s Patent Technical Coordinator. His innovative work product has included crucial inventions in products like HP Z Captis, HP MediaSmart Home Server, HP digital EO pen technologies, Iomega Zip, Jaz, Floptical & Clik! data storage drives, Identi-Key machine vision for retail key blank recognition, and AO-DVD subwavelength optical data storage, among others. Thomas has been with HP 18 years and with more than 100 U.S. Patents, has been around the IP (Intellectual Property) horn a few times. Outside of work and inventing things, he enjoys hiking with his family, reading, watching select sports, and a good Will Ferrell movie here and there.