University
of Utah

Center forHigh Performance Computing

Leadership

Senior Director

Bill Miller PhD

Senior Director

Research Computing & Data

wlmiller@utah.edu

Oversees all CHPC operations and strategic direction, guiding the center's mission to deliver cutting-edge computing resources to University of Utah researchers.

Reports to Senior Director

Senior Leadership

Becky Ortinez

Senior Project Manager

Operations & Planning

becky.ortinez@utah.edu

Coordinates center-wide projects and operational planning, ensuring CHPC initiatives are delivered on time and aligned with institutional goals.

Dao White

Assoc. Director

Accounting & Finance

dao.white@utah.edu

Manages CHPC's financial operations including budgeting, reporting, and cost-recovery accounting for allocations and recharge services.

Joe Breen

Networking Manager

Hardware & Networking

joe.breen@utah.edu

Designs and maintains CHPC's high-performance network fabric and physical hardware infrastructure supporting thousands of compute nodes.

Brian Haymore

Sr. IT Architect

Compute Systems

brian.haymore@utah.edu

Leads architecture and lifecycle management of CHPC's compute clusters, including Notchpeak, Kingspeak, and GPU-accelerated systems.

Reports to Senior Leadership

Managers & Team Leads

Sam Liston

Manager

Storage Systems

sam.liston@utah.edu

Oversees CHPC's large-scale storage infrastructure, managing petabyte-scale file systems and data retention policies for research workloads.

Paul Fischer

Manager

Software Infrastructure

paul.fischer@utah.edu

Leads development and maintenance of the software stack that powers CHPC's HPC environment, including schedulers, modules, and user-facing tooling.

David Heidorn

Manager

Cloud

david.heidorn@utah.edu

Manages CHPC's cloud computing partnerships and hybrid infrastructure, enabling researchers to burst workloads to AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

Martin Cuma

Manager

User Services

martin.cuma@utah.edu

Directs the user services team, overseeing training programs, helpdesk operations, and researcher support across all CHPC compute resources.

Under Dao White — Accounting & Finance

Accounting Team

Jaquel Anderson

Accountant

jaquel.anderson@utah.edu

Handles day-to-day accounting operations, including recharge billing, grant tracking, and financial reconciliation for CHPC services.

Caitlyn Wright

Administrative Clerk (Part-Time)

caitlyn.wright@utah.edu

Supports the accounting and administrative team with clerical tasks, document management, and coordination of purchasing and vendor communications.

Under Brian Haymore — Compute Systems

Compute Systems Team

Andrew Gifford

Clusters

andrew.gifford@utah.edu

Maintains and provisions compute cluster nodes, handling hardware deployments, firmware updates, and day-to-day cluster health and availability.

Adri Kingston

Clusters

adri.kingston@utah.edu

Supports cluster operations and infrastructure reliability, contributing to system monitoring, node configuration, and performance tuning across CHPC systems.

David Richardson

Security Technical

david.richardson@utah.edu

Provides technical security support for compute infrastructure, implementing hardening measures and ensuring compliance with university and federal security standards.

Under Sam Liston — Storage Systems

Storage Systems Team

Ben Dewey

Storage

ben.dewey@utah.edu

Manages and expands CHPC's storage systems, including high-speed scratch space, long-term archival storage, and backup infrastructure for research data.

Jean Leach

Storage

jean.leach@utah.edu

Supports storage system operations and data integrity efforts, working to ensure reliable and performant access to research file systems for all CHPC users.

Under Paul Fischer — Software Infrastructure

Software Infrastructure Team

Polina Lyubavina

Software Developer

polina.lyubavina@utah.edu

Develops internal tools and automation pipelines that streamline HPC operations, including job scheduler integrations, monitoring dashboards, and user-facing portals.

Jackson McKay

Software Developer

jackson.mckay@utah.edu

Builds and maintains software infrastructure supporting CHPC's research computing environment, with a focus on scalable deployment and system integration.

Under David Heidorn — Cloud

Cloud Team

Adam Griffith

DevOps

adam.griffith@utah.edu

Implements DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines for CHPC's cloud and on-prem infrastructure, enabling rapid and reliable deployment of research computing services.

Steve Harper

Virtualization

steve.harper@utah.edu

Manages CHPC's virtualization infrastructure, maintaining hypervisors and virtual machines that support internal services, testing environments, and researcher VMs.

Ryan Tomlinson

Software Developer

ryan.tomlinson@utah.edu

Develops cloud-integrated software solutions for the CHPC environment, supporting hybrid workflows that bridge on-premises HPC systems with public cloud platforms.

Scot Wise

Virtualization

scot.wise@utah.edu

Supports virtualization operations and cloud resource management, helping researchers access scalable compute environments through CHPC's cloud infrastructure.

Under Martin Cuma — User Services

User Services Team

Wim Cardoen

User Services

wim.cardoen@utah.edu

Provides in-depth research computing consultations, helping faculty and students optimize code performance, parallelization strategies, and HPC job workflows.

Brandon Claridge

User Services

brandon.claridge@utah.edu

Supports CHPC users with account setup, resource allocation requests, and technical guidance on using the cluster environment effectively for their research.

Ashley Dederich

User Services

ashley.dederich@utah.edu

Assists researchers with onboarding, training, and day-to-day support, coordinating workshops and documentation to help users get the most from CHPC resources.

Drew Li

User Services

drew.li@utah.edu

Helps researchers navigate CHPC systems, troubleshoot job failures, and adopt best practices for reproducible and efficient high-performance computing.

Robben Migacz

User Services

robben.migacz@utah.edu

Provides technical support and consulting to CHPC users, with expertise in scientific software installation, environment configuration, and GPU-accelerated computing.

Michael Ramshaw

User Services

michael.ramshaw@utah.edu

Supports the research community through helpdesk operations and user training, helping scientists across campus effectively leverage CHPC's HPC infrastructure.

Cross-Functional

Security Team

Stacy Vincent

Data Security Analyst Sr.

stacy.vincent@utah.edu

Leads data security strategy for CHPC, overseeing risk assessments, sensitive data handling protocols, and compliance with HIPAA, FISMA, and university security policies.

Jeremy Bergdorff

Security Compliance Analyst

jeremy.bergdorff@utah.edu

Manages security compliance frameworks and audit processes, ensuring CHPC systems meet federal and institutional requirements for protected research environments.

Aiden Franchow

Security Monitoring Analyst

aiden.franchow@utah.edu

Monitors CHPC infrastructure for security threats and anomalies, responding to incidents and maintaining tooling for real-time threat detection and log analysis.

Under Joe Breen — Networking

Networking & Hardware Team

Irvin Allen

Hardware Infrastructure

irvin.allen@utah.edu

Manages physical hardware lifecycle at CHPC, including rack installation, server procurement, data center maintenance, and hardware troubleshooting for compute nodes.

Jake Evans

Networking

jake.evans@utah.edu

Configures and maintains CHPC's high-speed network switches, InfiniBand fabric, and external connectivity, ensuring low-latency communication across compute and storage systems.

Student Employment

Student Employees

Kira Nguyen

Help Desk / User Support

Student

u1234501@utah.edu

Assists researchers with helpdesk tickets, account issues, and first-level troubleshooting for CHPC systems and software.

Tyler Morris

Systems Administration

Student

u1234502@utah.edu

Supports sysadmin tasks including user account provisioning, system monitoring, and routine maintenance on CHPC compute nodes.

Anika Lim

Software Development

Student

u1234503@utah.edu

Contributes to internal tools and web applications that support CHPC operations, working alongside the software infrastructure team.

Jordan Pierce

Research Support

Student

u1234504@utah.edu

Helps researchers with data management, job scripting, and navigating CHPC's software modules for scientific computing workflows.

Sam Reyes

Networking Assistance

Student

u1234505@utah.edu

Assists the networking team with cable management, switch documentation, and basic network diagnostics in the CHPC data center.

Elena Walsh

Data Analysis

Student

u1234506@utah.edu

Supports data-intensive research projects by writing analysis scripts, managing datasets, and assisting faculty with computational workflows on CHPC clusters.

Ben Torres

Help Desk / User Support

Student

u1234507@utah.edu

Responds to user support tickets and assists researchers with login issues, software questions, and general CHPC resource navigation.

Maya Kim

Software Development

Student

u1234508@utah.edu

Contributes to front-end and back-end development for CHPC web tools, supporting the software infrastructure team with feature work and bug fixes.

Oscar Brooks

Systems Administration

Student

u1234509@utah.edu

Assists with Linux system administration tasks, including user environment setup, batch job monitoring, and documentation of cluster procedures.

Lily Sato

Research Support

Student

u1234510@utah.edu

Helps research groups migrate workflows to CHPC, providing guidance on containerization, environment modules, and efficient use of cluster queues.

Diego Perez

Data Analysis

Student

u1234511@utah.edu

Assists faculty with large-scale data processing pipelines, running batch analyses and helping researchers interpret computational results.

Nadia Grant

Networking Assistance

Student

u1234512@utah.edu

Supports the networking team with documentation, port mapping, and basic diagnostics to keep CHPC's data center connectivity running smoothly.

Connor Hughes

Software Development

Student

u1234513@utah.edu

Works on scripting and automation projects that improve operational efficiency across CHPC's systems administration and monitoring workflows.

Priya Varma

Research Support

Student

u1234514@utah.edu

Assists computational biology and chemistry researchers with job submissions, software installations, and optimizing multi-core workloads on CHPC clusters.

Zach Freeman

Systems Administration

Student

u1234515@utah.edu

Supports system health checks, user permission management, and routine sysadmin tasks to maintain uptime and reliability across CHPC infrastructure.

Ingrid Olsen

Help Desk / User Support

Student

u1234516@utah.edu

Handles incoming support requests from CHPC users, triaging issues and escalating complex problems to the appropriate technical staff.

Rafael Cruz

Data Analysis

Student

u1234517@utah.edu

Supports research teams with statistical computing, data wrangling, and visualization tasks using Python and R on CHPC's high-memory nodes.

Hannah Yoon

Software Development

Student

u1234518@utah.edu

Develops user-facing features for CHPC web applications and contributes to API integrations that connect research tools with cluster resources.

Felix Marsh

Research Support

Student

u1234519@utah.edu

Helps engineering and physics research groups set up simulation environments, manage input/output files, and troubleshoot HPC job failures.

Sofia Anand

Systems Administration

Student

u1234520@utah.edu

Assists with configuration management and monitoring tooling, helping the sysadmin team keep tabs on cluster node status and resource utilization.

Will Jensen

Networking Assistance

Student

u1234521@utah.edu

Provides hands-on support in the CHPC data center, assisting with cabling, hardware inventory, and network switch documentation under the networking team.

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