Gary Stiehr
Information Systems Group Leader, The Genome Institute
Washington University

Gary has over twelve years of experience in High Performance Computing (HPC) environments. He leads the Information Systems group at The Genome Institute at Washington University in St. Louis, which manages the HPC systems used to analyze the genetic basis of cancer and other diseases. Also, he has recently started STLhpc.net, which has quickly become the focal point for HPC activity in St. Louis and aims to contribute to growth in St. Louis through the application of High Performance Computing. Prior to joining The Genome Institute, Gary worked in the Computing Division at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) as part of the U.S. CMS Tier-1 Facilities team building and supporting the Tier-1 regional computing center as part of the Worldwide Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid. Prior to Fermilab, Gary led the development and adoption of high performance computing resources by University research groups at the University of Missouri – St. Louis.