The Team Behind the Vision

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.

Gina Tourassi

Division Director

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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

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David Langley

Finance Officer

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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

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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