Information Technology Committee (ITC)

The IT Committee is charged with the following:
  1. Advise the Board on the operation and budgeting of the networking, collaboration, communication, data and simulation tools repositories, and computational resources of the NEES Consortium

  2. Provide the Board with strategic plans to update the networking, collaboration, communication, and computational resources and capabilities of the NEES Consortium

  3. Review the annual IT budget in conjunction with Consortium staff and make recommendations to the Finance Committee regarding this budget;

  4. Advise the Education, Outreach, and Training Committeeon effective ways to serve the NEES Consortium's Members in advancing information technology knowledge and skills

  5. Assist the staff by providing expertise in information technology

  6. Interface with other Standing Committees as required or needed
Jacobo Bielak
Carnegie Mellon University

ITSC Chair
Prior DSAC Member
Jerome Hajjar
University of Minnesota

ITSC Chair-Elect
Prior ITC Member
Equipment Site Representative, Engr.
John Bobbitt
Petrotechnical Open Standards Consortium

Board Liaison, IT Professional
Andrei Reinhorn
University of Buffalo-SUNY

Board Liaison, Engineering Domain
Prior DSAC Chair
Lelli Van Den Einde
NEESit

NEESit Representative, Engr.
Shannon Whitmore
NEESit

NEESit Representative, IT
Laura Lowes
University of Washington

Facility User Representative, Engr.
Sri Sritharan
Iowa State University

Facility User Representative, Engr.
Jason Hanley
University of Buffalo-SUNY

Equipment Site Representative, IT
Chris Stanton
University of Texas at Austin

Equipment Site Representative, IT
Daniel Wilson
University of California, Davis

Equipment Site Representative, Engr.
Prior DSAC Member
Cherri Pancake
NACSE/Oregon State Univ.

Prior ITC Chair
IT Professional
Peter Couvares
University of Wisconsin

External IT Expert Representative
Manuel Vigil
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Prior ITC Member
External IT Expert Representative
Jon Lea
NEESinc Headquarters

HQ Staff Liaison