After earning an Engineering Physics PhD from Michigan Tech in 2007, I spent some time working as an application developer at the AT&T research and development HQ in Middletown, New Jersey. I returned to Houghton in 2009 as a post-doctoral fellow in Physics. Since January 2011, I have been serving as the Director of Research Computing (in Information Technology), an Adjunct Assistant Professor (in Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering) with teaching, research and administrative responsibilities at Michigan Tech. I represent my University in Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation, HPC Advisory Council, XSEDE Campus Champion Program, and Supercomputing Conference developing collaborations and partnerships with industry and other academic institutions to discover internship, job and funding opportunities for students and researchers.