Rick McMullen, PhD, is the director of the Arkansas High Performance Computing Center at the University of Arkansas. Previous to that, he was the director of research computing at the University of Kansas. As both a scientist and strategist, McMullen has spent more than 20 years in high performance computing research and technical management. His positions have included work on strategic technology evaluation and planning in both the private sector and higher education.
At the University of Kansas, McMullen led the effort to develop research computing, communications and storage services to provide a university-wide, research computing infrastructure. During his time at Indiana University, he spearheaded first- and second-generation technology exploration and development. His efforts there focused on high-performance computing, visualization, storage and high-performance networking for research applications.
