University of Utah
Center for High Performance Computing
155 S. 1452 E. Rm. 405
Salt Lake City,
UT
USA
84112
Email:
ron.price@utah.edu
Biographical Sketch:
2003-Present -- Senior developer and Grid Architect, Center for High Performance Computing, University of Utah
Over 11 years of IT experience including 6 years of specialization in Grid Computing
Experienced in every facet of IT and Software Engineering.
Certified Java Programmer
Served as Chief Grid Architect and Software Developer to the Digital Sherpa project which is a grid application for automation and execution of jobs on many separate high performance compute resources across the National TeraGrid allowing new science to be accomplished.
Lead a team of combustion scientists and developers in the implementation of a Java web services application used to submit combustion simulations to super computers. The application was successfully presented in a live demonstration in front of top decision makers at the United States Department of Energy.
Designed a Java Solution to solve web file ownership issues resulting in a United States Patent Application.
Numerous presentations at scientific meetings and author or co-author of many publications.