# Contributors
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 The following individuals and organizations contributed to this version of this whitepaper: 
+  Aaron Bucher, Principal HPC Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services 
+  Art Sedighi, Senior Partner Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services 
+  Brendan Sisson, Senior Manager Solutions Architecture, Amazon Web Services 
+  Francesco Ruffino, Principal HPC Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services 
+  Marissa Powers, Senior HPC Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services 
+  Max Starr, Senior HPC Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services 
+  Nina Vogl, Principal HPC Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services 
+  Ramin Torabi, Senior HPC Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services 
+  Shun Utsui, Senior Industry Solutions Architect - Research, Amazon Web Services 
+  Soham Garg, HPC Specialist Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services 
+  Bruce Ross, Well-Architected Lens Leader, Amazon Web Services 
+  Raymond Chow, Sr. WW PSA, HPC, Amazon Web Services 
+  Arvind Raghunathan, Principal Operations Lead SA, Amazon Web Services 
+  Mahmoud Matouk, Principal Security Lead SA, Amazon Web Services 
+  Ryan Dsouza, Principal Guidance Lead SA, Amazon Web Services 
+  Nataliya Godunok, Cloud Optimization Success SA, Amazon Web Services 
+  Haleh Najafzadeh, Sr. Manager, Cloud Optimization Success Guidance, Amazon Web Services 
+  Madhuri Srinivasan, Sr. Technical Writer, Amazon Web Services 
+  Stewart Matzek, Sr. Technical Writer, Amazon Web Services 
+  Matthew Wygant, Sr. TPM Guidance, Amazon Web Services 

 The following individuals and organizations contributed to earlier versions of this whitepaper: 
+  Aaron Bucher, Principal HPC Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services 
+  Omar Shorbaji, Global Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services 
+  Linda Hedges, HPC Application Engineer, Amazon Web Services 
+  Nina Vogl, Principal HPC Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services 
+  Sean Smith, HPC Software Development Engineer, Amazon Web Services 
+  Kevin Jorissen, Solutions Architect Climate and Weather, Amazon Web Services 
+  Philip Fitzsimons, Sr. Manager Well-Architected, Amazon Web Services