Organizers

		Teni Agbesanwa Minority Serving - Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (MS-CC) [E-mail] [LinkedIn] Teni supports the MS-CC’s program implementation through relationship building, marketing, and communications to increase engagement efforts around advancing cyberinfrastructure across historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and tribal colleges and universities (TCUs). Before this role, Teni had experience working in higher education and k-12 schools.
		Russell Hofmann Minority Serving - Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (MS-CC) [E-mail] Russell Hofmann is providing dedicated support to the MS-CC’s PoCG program recipients, facilitating CI adoption by faculty and students across these and other campuses, contributing to content within MS-CC’s programming, and contributing to professional development activities for students and faculty. Russell previously worked at the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) as a Research & Education facilitator assisting faculty with their research and education activities by addressing cyberinfrastructure needs. When not working, you can find Russell exploring the great outdoors with his dog Amos, enjoying jogs, visits to farmer’s markets and parks.
		Charlie Dey Texas Advanced Computing Center [E-mail] [LinkedIn] Charlie Dey(he/him) is the Director of Training and Professional Development with the User Services group at the Texas Advanced Computing Center(TACC) with a background in web development and scientific computing. Charlie’s responsibilities at TACC include organizing, developing content, and building curriculums for TACC’s academic course selection taught in conjunction with several departments at the University of Texas at Austin, as well as for TACC’s professional development and educational training. Prior to joining TACC, he worked as a Senior Application Developer for the Carle Foundation Hospital, and as a computer science instructor at Parkland College in Champaign, IL. He was also a member of a specialized application development team at the University of Illinois and has been a contracted research consultant for NASA Ames Research Center, studying computational immunology and bioinformatics. Charlie holds a Bachelor’s Degree concentrating in Computer Science and Biology from Eastern Illinois University, and certifications in 3D programing and visualization. He is currently finishing up a Master’s of Science in Cybersecurity.
		Amy Cannon Omnibond [E-mail] [LinkedIn] Amy Cannon has worked at Omnibond for 10 years, where her Business Development skills allow her to engage with customers and partners, teaching how HPC and Cloud help solve scientific problems. Outside of work she enjoys spending time in nature as well as helping others grow their HPC, HTC, AI, and Cloud Computing knowledge.
		Alexander Nolte University of Tartu [E-mail] [LinkedIn] Alex is an Associate Professor at the University of Tartu and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University working in the are of human computer interaction. He is an avid hackathon enthusiast and has participated in, co-organized, served as a mentor and studied countless hackathons over the past years with no end in sight. Outside of work he fiddles with any gadget he can get his hand on, plays video games, cooks and does BBQ.
		Je'aime Powell Texas Advanced Computing Center [E-mail] [LinkedIn] Je’aime is a Systems Administrator and a researcher at the Texas Advanced Computing Center. When not working on high-perfomance/cloud compute systems or mentoring students you can find him designing, creating, and/or deploying enviromental sensors.
		Boyd Wilson Omnibond [E-mail] [LinkedIn] Boyd Wilson, CEO of Omnibond Systems, has extensive experience and leadership in the areas of software development, system administration, storage architectures and business models. Formerly, Boyd served as Software CTO and also Executive Director over computing operations at Clemson University and had research computing as part of his purview. He has participated in various academic grants, papers and workshops in the areas of parallel storage, cloud computing and computational infrastructure. Boyd’s current focus lies in 4 areas: first- computer vision, ai, and real-time traffic analytics with TrafficVision; second- high-performance computing and storage with CloudyCluster and OrangeFS; third- identity and security management; fourth- wake surfing and riding a boosted board around cities while traveling.