OSC & OARnet Advisory Board

	David Brewster Managing Director of Technology David Brewster began his technical career in the USAF through extensive applied learning in electronics engineering. Dave operated and maintained Command, Control, Communications, Computers (C4) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) as part of the Air Force’s Big Safari program....
	Duane Detwiler Manager & Chief Engineer, Vehicle Structures Reliability Dept., Honda R&D Americas Duane Detwiler received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from The Ohio State University. Detwiler joined Honda R&D Americas as a Vehicle Structures CAE analyst. He was the project leader of Body Performance for the 2006 Honda Ridgeline Development...
	Mike Duffey Chancellor Mike Duffey was appointed by Governor Mike DeWine the eleventh Chancellor of the Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE) in January 2024. As Chancellor, he oversees the state’s two-year and four-year colleges and universities and Ohio Technical Centers. In addition, the Chancellor...
	Liv Gjestvang Vice President and Chief Information Officer Liv Gjestvang is the Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Denison University.
	John Herbert Professor, Faculty, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry John Herbert received B.S. degrees in chemistry and mathematics from Kansas State University in 1998, where he was a Barry M. Goldwater Scholar. He received a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2003, where he was a National Defense Science and Engineering...
	Dave Hudak, Ph.D. Executive Director, OSC David E. Hudak, Ph.D., is the executive director of the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC). He previously was OSC's director of supercomputer services and program director for cyberinfrastructure and software development. His research interests include high-level languages for parallel computing,...
	Miroslav Humer Vice President and Chief Information Officer for University Technology  (UTech) Miro Humer is the Vice President and Chief information Officer for University Technology (UTech) at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), an R1 research university located in Cleveland, Ohio. He is responsible for creating the overall vision and strategies that enable the delivery of...
	Rob Lowden Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) Rob Lowden is The Ohio State University’s vice president and chief information officer (CIO) for the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI). In this role, he oversees enterprise IT, cybersecurity, data and analytics, and digital learning platforms during a pivotal period of digital...
	Miguel Palacios Service Leader - HPC Platform, Modeling and Simulation Miguel Palacios is currently Procter & Gamble’s High Performance Computing Service Manager, where he’s accountable for reliability, performance, cost and service quality of the HPC platform that enables Modeling and Simulation capabilities at P&G across a wide range of scientific...
	Rick Penny Chief Information Officer, Lakeland Community College Rick Penny joined Lakeland Community College in 2006 as the manager for Administrative Technologies. In 2010, he became the director of administrative technologies and has served as chief information officer since 2014. Penny leads operational and technology efforts, ranging from enterprise-wide...
	Bharath Prabhakaran Vice President and Chief Digital Officer Bharath serves as the Vice President and Chief Digital Officer at the University of Cincinnati, reporting to the President. He is responsible for driving the digital transformation at UC and also the drive towards excellence in IT operations. Prior to UC, Bharath served as Deputy Chief...
	Pankaj Shah Executive Director Pankaj Shah is the executive director of OARnet. For more than 30 years he has committed himself to the IT infrastructure and broadband initiatives through work in private, public, research and education community, identifying trends in high-speed data transfer,...