Pedro Celis (b. in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México) is a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft Corporation. He has served at the U.S. President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) from 2003 to 2005. PITAC advises the president on policies and investments that the federal government should pursue to enhance and maintain the preeminence of the U.S. in information technology. In 2009 the Hispanic Business Magazine named him one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the United States.