Presenter

Charlie is an educator with the User Services group focusing on advocating and facilitating HPC education and research computing at The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) with a background in web development and scientific computing. Charlie's main objective at TACC is to build and direct the center's overall strategic vision for higher education and professional development. His core responsibilities include organizing, developing content, and building curriculums for TACC’s academic course selection taught at the University of Texas at Austin, and for TACC’s professional development and educational training.

Prior to joining TACC, Charlie worked as a Senior Application Developer for the Carle Foundation, 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 and a Master's Degree in Cybersecurity from Eastern Illinois University, and certifications in 3D programing and visualization.