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Justin Hotard

Justin Hotard

President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

b. 1974

Justin is a passionate believer in the power of technology to solve global challenges and advance human progress. Throughout his career, Justin has driven innovation, technology leadership and shareholder value creation at global tech companies.

Justin was appointed as Nokia’s President and CEO on April 1, 2025. Prior to Nokia, he was at Intel as Executive Vice President and General Manager, Data Center & AI Group. In this role, he was responsible for a significant expansion of Intel’s data center and AI business.

Between 2015 and 2024, Justin worked for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), rising through several leadership roles and serving as a member of the executive committee. His last role was Executive Vice President and General Manager, High-Performance Computing, AI & Labs. In this role, he delivered the world’s first exascale supercomputer for the US Department of Energy, and he positioned the company to be at the forefront of AI, quantum computing and sustainability research.

Previously, Justin held several leadership positions at NCR Corporation and Symbol Technologies. He started his career at Motorola, where he was an engineer deploying mobile networks for US carriers. 

Justin holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

He is based at Nokia’s headquarters in Espoo, Finland. In his spare time, Justin enjoys spending time with his family and skiing, and is an avid ice hockey and English football fan. 
 

Career history:

  • Executive Vice President and General Manager, Data Center & AI Group, Intel, 2024–2025
  • Executive Vice President and General Manager, High-Performance Computing, AI & Labs, HPE, 2021–2024
  • Senior Vice President, President and Managing Director of HPE Japan and China, HPE, 2019–2020
  • Senior Vice President and General Manager, Volume Global Business Unit, HPE, 2017–2019
  • Vice President, Strategy, Planning & Operations, Data Center Infrastructure Group, HPE, 2015–2016
  • President and General Manager, Global Small Business Cloud Platform, NCR Corporation, 2013–2014
  • Vice President, Corporate Development, NCR Corporation, 2012–2013
  • Vice President and General Manager, NCR Entertainment, NCR Corporation, 2010–2012
  • Senior Director, Mergers & Acquisitions, NCR Corporation, 2007–2010
  • Director, Product Management, Symbol Technologies (acquired by Motorola Inc.), 2005–2007
  • Senior Manager, Corporate Development, Symbol Technologies, 2003–2005
  • Business Development Analyst, Surface Logix, 2002–2003
  • Senior Systems Engineer, Motorola Inc., 1996–2000