Jim Ang

Has a PhD (1986) and MS (1984) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. Jim also has a B.S. (1982) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a B.A. (1981) from Grinnell College. After a few years living and working in Santa Barbara, CA, he joined Sandia National Laboratories in 1989. Jim’s current responsibilities include: leading the Scalable Systems Integration department, representing Sandia’s high-end computing needs and capabilities to the ASC Tri-Lab community and beyond, managing Sandia’s Computer Science Research Foundation portfolio, and developing integrated platform strategies for Sandia’s usage and development of capability platforms like Red Storm, mid-range systems like Thunderbird, and commodity turn-key clusters. Jim is a member of IEEE Computer Society, the Hypervelocity Impact Society, Tau Beta Pi, and Pi Tau Sigma. Jim’s outside interests include: Searching for the sublime ride, Pursuing a good walk spoiled, and Saving the memories with digital photography.