Stephen has over a decade of experience advancing computational research and education by managing and contributing to distributed, large-scale, and high-impact initiatives. He serves as Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), where he identifies and develops interdisciplinary and cross-functional team collaborations across government, non-profit, and private sectors.
Stephen brings practical knowledge of high performance computing (HPC) systems, datacenter operations, system architectures, software stacks, and monitoring systems—all delivered with a customer service mindset that supports the rapidly evolving needs of the research and educational workforce.
Stephen is the Principal Investigator of National Science Foundation (NSF) Award #2138259, which delivers allocation services for both the Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support (ACCESS) program and the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot. He actively collaborates with the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University to operate and expand their production computational capabilities. He has contributed to multiple NIH and NSF-funded programs.