Presentation of the Board members

	David Gigrich holds a Computer Science Degree from Oregon State University. He has been with The Boeing Company since 1980 where he currently works in MSE CAE Engineering Systems and holds the position of Senior Technical Analyst providing technical support for in-house and 3rd party software used in the development of all major Boeing commercial airplanes (e.g. 787 Dreamliner & 747 Advanced). He serves as the representative for Structures’ Computing on the Boeing HPC Council which is responsible for defining the company’s future high-performance computing needs and overseeing all major computing hardware purchases. David has participated in CUG since 2000. He was the Chair for the PE SIG from 2000 – 2003 and was elected onto the Board in 2002 as Vice President and Program Chair. In 2006 he took over as President of the Board from Barbara Horner-Miller.
	Nicholas P. Cardo is the System Lead on the Cray XT4 at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.  In his role as System Lead, he is responsible for project planning major activities for the Cray XT4 as well as the day-to-day system management activities.  Nicholas has a long history with Cray systems including the XMP, YMP, YMP-2E, C90, J90 and T3E.  Nicholas holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology as well as a Master of Science degree in Computer Engineering from San Jose State University.
	Jim began his career in supercomputing in 1966, working to exploit CDC 6600 computers at Westinghouse. Later, he managed their international engineering and scientific computing activities and, in 1984, co-founded the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. Since 1996, he has been the PSC Director of Special Projects, continuing his leadership role in supercomputing system acquisition and implementation. Before election to the CUG Board in 2006, Jim held user group positions in CDC’s VIM (7600 development committee chair, vice-president, president), HP-CAST (president) and was the first chair of CUG’s XT3 SIG.
	Jim Rogers joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2007 as the Director of Operations for the National Center for Computational Sciences. He is responsible for managing day-to-day operation of multiple Cray XT systems including the Department of Energy’s Jaguar, and the National Science Foundation’s Kraken. He fills gaps in his day with plans for future generations of systems and supporting infrastructure. After completing a BS in Computer Science from the University of Alabama, Jim has spent the last 20+ years focused on high performance computer systems for large Intelligence, Defense, and Educational customers. Mr. Rogers Initially became involved with CUG through the XTreme SIG. He joined the CUG Board in 2009.
	Mike leads the Advanced Research Computing Group at STFC Daresbury Laboratory, which is engaged in optimization of applications across a wide range of scientific disciplines for terascale systems. He manages the delivery of a number of computational science and engineering support programmes. His own work focuses on the development and optimization of environmental modelling and CFD codes, including performance engineering and application of Grid  technologies. Mike joined the CUG Board in May 2007 as Director-at-Large.
	Mark Fahey holds a PhD in numerical analysis from the University of Kentucky. He has been with Oak Ridge National Laboratory since November 2001. He currently holds the position of Senior Scientific Application Analyst in the Center for Computational Sciences at ORNL. Mark has been involved with CUG as an X1 SIG Chair since May 2003. He joined the CUG board in May 2007 to take over as Treasurer and is now Director at large.
	Claire Hepwood is part of the systems team at AWE plc and is responsible for its university outreach programme. She has been with AWE for over 5 years and  privious to that was a software consultant for Cray Research UK and SGI. Claire has joined the board for the first time  this year as Director at large.