Behind every great organization is a team with a vision. Meet the key decision-makers who are leading the one of nation’s top high performance computing centers.
The Team Behind the Vision
Gina Tourassi
Division Director
Matt Sieger
OLCF-6 Project Director
Justin Whitt
OLCF Program and OLCF-5 Project Director
Bronson Messer
OLCF Director of Science
Jim Rogers
Director, Computing and Facilities
Kevin Thach
Section Head, Systems
Ashley Barker
Section Head, HPC Operations and OLCF-6 Deputy Project Director
Tom Beck
Section Head, Science Engagement
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Acting Section Head, Advanced Technologies
T. P. Straatsma
Distinguished Research Scientist
Paul Abston
Data Center Manager and Safety Officer
Tom Bundy
Quality Assurance Manager
Rachel Clauss
Human Resources Business Partner
Joe Lake
Strategic Programs Manager
David Langley
Finance Officer
Jessica Sampsel
Finance Officer
Betsy Sonewald
Communications Specialist
Suzy Tichenor
Director, Industrial Partnerships
Linda Weltman
Division Administrative Assistant
Kevin Thach
Section Head, Systems
Paul Abston
Group Leader, HPC Infrastructure Operations
Ryan Adamson
Group Leader, HPC Cyber Security & Information Engineering
Elton Cranfill
Group Leader, HPC Clusters
Dustin Leverman
Group Leader, HPC Storage & Archive
Don Maxwell
Group Leader, HPC Scalable Systems
Jeff Miller
Group Leader, HPC Infrastructure & Networking
Ashley Barker
Section Head, Operations
Katie Bethea
Group Leader, User Access, Outreach, & Communications
Chris Fuson
Group Leader, User Assistance
Ryan Prout
Group Leader, Software Services Development
Verónica Melesse Vergara
Group Leader, System Acceptance & User Environment
Tom Beck
Section Head, Science Engagement
Balint Joo
Group Leader, Advanced Computing for Nuclear, Particles, & Astrophysics
Matt Norman
Group Leader, Advanced Computing for Life Science & Engineering
Phil Roth
Group Leader, Algorithms & Performance Analysis
Tom Beck
Acting Group Leader, Advanced Computing for Chemistry & Materials
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Acting Section Head, Advanced Technologies
Olga Kuchar
Group Leader, Data Lifecycle Technologies
Rafael Ferreira da Silva
Acting Group Leader, Workflows and Ecosystem Services
Feiyi Wang
Group Leader, Analytics and AI Methods at Scale
Chris Zimmer
Acting Group Leader, Technology Integration