Glen Hopkins named as Interim CTO, to replace Shane Wall Retires

HP Inc. said, Shane Wall , Chief Technology Officer has retired from the role after a career that included a total of 15 years in HP.

Shane was speer heading for the setting up of the technology vision for the PC and printer giant, and Wall has also held the position of global head of HP Labs, the company's research wing. Wall, whose focus areas have included developing a vision for 3-D printing and industrial 3-D printers ,which will remain as a special adviser through the end of the year.

Wall will stay on as an employee of HP through the end of 2020 in a "special advisory role," HP said in a statement . and "we are grateful to Shane for his many contributions to our business," HP said.

Glen Hopkins, who holds the role of chief print technologist at HP, has been named interim CTO, the company said. Hopkins, a 30-year veteran of HP, will remain in the interim CTO role until the company announces a permanent CTO, HP said.

Wall had been CTO of HP Inc. since Hewlett-Packard split into HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise in 2015. Before that, he’d served as CTO of printing and personal systems within HP starting in 2012.

Wall said that "digital manufacturing" will be the next wave of how physical products are made. With that approach, "manufacturing is not done in one location, but it's spread around where it's actually consumed-and you're only manufacturing what you need," Wall said. "This is the vision that we're going after."