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+# About Me
+
+I'm a high performance computing consultant for [Univa](https://www.univa.com)
+based in Chicago. With Navops Launch 2.0, our Professional Services team
+helps customers in wide-ranging domains (life sciences, oil/gas, EDA) manage
+their compute and spend in the cloud so that they can focus on their research
+objectives.
+
+In a former life, I managed a team of computing experts at the [Center for
+Gravitation, Cosmology, and Astrophysics](https://cgca.uwm.edu) supporting the
+[LIGO experiment](https://www.ligo.org). LIGO observes objects in space through
+their impact on gravity rather than by light. We were responsible for
+delivering computing services critical to the collaboration's scientific
+objectives including HTCondor computing clusters and [GraceDB](https://gracedb.ligo.org).
+GraceDB is a web portal (on AWS) that coordinates near-real-time observations
+by partner observatories when the LIGO/Virgo network detects a gravitational
+wave event. In 2017, the LIGO/Virgo detection of a binary neutron star meger --
+and follow-up by 50 observatories! -- was
+[Science Magazine's Breakthrough of the Year](https://vis.sciencemag.org/breakthrough2017/).
+
+## Professional Information
+
+* [Resume](resume.pdf)
+* [Academic CV](cv.pdf)