diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4ddd90b --- /dev/null +++ b/_config.yml @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +theme: jekyll-theme-minimal +title: Tom Downes +logo: me.jpg +google_analytics: UA-169259371-1 diff --git a/cv.pdf b/cv.pdf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9afaec2 Binary files /dev/null and b/cv.pdf differ diff --git a/index.md b/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b9812d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +# 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) diff --git a/me.jpg b/me.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a74261d Binary files /dev/null and b/me.jpg differ diff --git a/resume.pdf b/resume.pdf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9a03613 Binary files /dev/null and b/resume.pdf differ