Kenneth Rich

Federal CTO, HPE Networking at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Burnet, Texas, United States

About Kenneth Rich

Kenneth Rich is Federal CTO, HPE Networking at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Location: Burnet, Texas, United States.

Federal CTO at Hewlett Packard Enterprise within the HPE Networking CTO organization, focused on secure networking and cloud‑connected infrastructure for U.S. government and national security missions. I work at the intersection of engineering, product strategy, and federal compliance, helping shape architectures and features that can operate in high‑assurance environments including FIPS, FedRAMP, CSfC, and supply‑chain‑constrained deployments. My role includes close collaboration with government stakeholders and interagency partners, supporting both classified and unclassified programs, and translating mission requirements into deployable, certifiable technology.

Skills

  • Post Quantum Cryptography
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • VoIP

Additional experience

  • Consulting Systems Engineer - Federal Market

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise

    April 2017 – February 2022

Education

  • Computer Science, Southern Methodist University