James O'Dell

Current

• Computational Scientist at Silicon Graphics, Inc.

Past

• Chief Scientist at Arctic Region Supercomputer Center
• Deputy Director at Brown University
• Director at Northrop Grummnan/TASC

• Senior Staff Member at SAIC
• Principal Investigator at Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Education

• Columbia University

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James O'Dell’s Summary

Computational scientist

James O'Dell’s Specialties:

High Performance Computing, Scientific Computing, Visualization

James O'Dell’s Experience

• Computational Scientist

  Silicon Graphics, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  October 2005 — Present (4 years 2 months)

  I help scientists and engineers at universities select computing technologies appropriate for the task at hand.

• Chief Scientist

  Arctic Region Supercomputer Center

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)

  July 2004 — January 2005 (7 months)

  Provide scientifc direction for ARSC and facilitate collaborations with other organizations.

• Deputy Director

  Brown University

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  December 2002 — July 2004 (1 year 8 months)

  Deputy Director, Technology Center for Advanced Scientifc Computing and Visualization
  
  Plan, Implement, and Manage High Performance Computing resources across the campus

• Director

  Northrop Grummnan/TASC

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NOC; Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 1995 — May 2002 (6 years 11 months)

  At TASC I developed Northrop Gurrmman's largest commercial professiona services business. The business focused on implementing product data management (PDM) solutions for Aerospace, Defense, and High Technology companies.

• Senior Staff Member

  SAIC

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 1991 — July 1995 (4 years 2 months)

  At SAIC I developed a professional services business with the Federal Aviation Administration through the Volpe Center. I led teh development of a system to manage all of the FAA's telecomunications assets. While with SAIC, I developed a clinical trials management system for Biogen.

• Principal Investigator

  Los Alamos National Laboratory

  (Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Military industry)

  January 1984 — June 1987 (3 years 6 months)

  At Los Alamos, I established the Advanced Computing Group, which was charged with developing new ideas for high performance computing. While I lewd the group, we proposed one of the first supercomputers to constructed out of commodity hardware.

James O'Dell’s Education

• Columbia University

  PhD , Computational Chemistry , September 1970 — July 1976

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