Google Cloud Advanced Computing Community In-Person Workshop

Jay Boisseau
Advanced Computing Strategist, Google Cloud

Jay Boisseau is an advanced computing strategist at Google, where he manages a strategic initiative to make Google Cloud the best platform for scientific/technical computing and leads the Google Cloud Advanced Computing Community. He is an experienced leader in HPC and advanced computing technologies, with 30 years of experience developing and leading programs in academia and industry. His previous experience includes founding and leading the Texas Advanced Computing Center to global prominence, and providing strategic planning and special projects in HPC at Dell Technologies. Jay also leads the Austin Forum on Technology & Society, founded the Austin AI Alliance, and is the lead founder and owner of Remedy bar in Austin (where he conducts lots of tech meetings and events so it aligns). He earned his doctorate from UT Austin in astronomy, which led him into supercomputing and technologies.

Fernanda Foertter
Executive Director, High Performance Computing and Data Center, University of Alabama

Fernanda Foertter is the executive director of the High-Performance Computing and Data Center at the University of Alabama, helping to develop the new HPC center that will substantially expand the university’s capacity for advanced computing, data science, and AI. With over a decade of experience in HPC, she has held positions at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and NVIDIA. Fernanda Foertter holds a M.S. in Materials Science Engineering from University of Florida, and a B.S. in Physics from Florida International University.

John Fonner
Senior Product Manager, Google Cloud

Wyatt Gorman
Wyatt Gorman, Product Manager, HPC, Google Cloud

Wyatt is a Product Manager for High Performance Computing at Google Cloud. In this role, he leads the development, launch, and landing of next-generation HPC solutions. Previously a Solutions Manager for HPC and AI Infrastructure, Wyatt brings a background in distributed computing and HPC to define product vision, create compelling narratives, and drive the creation of innovative product experiences. He collaborates with engineering and cross-functional teams to solve customer problems and shape the HPC product roadmap.

Steve Hebert
Google Cloud

Adnan Khaleel
Outbound Product Manager, Google Cloud

Adnan Khaleel is driven by a single goal: making powerful technology accessible to a broader range of users. He works closely with engineering teams to translate customer needs into product strategy, ensuring that tools are intuitive and easy to consume. This passion has been a constant throughout his more than 20-year career at innovators like Intel, Dell, and Cray. He has always focused on creating new growth engines—from leading Dell’s HPC democratization strategy to pioneering Cray's entry into the AI and data analytics space.

Today at Google, his core mission is to scale these solutions globally by creating effective go-to-market strategies. While fostering a vibrant partner ecosystem is one important way he achieves this, his main focus is on empowering users directly. He is always happy to connect with anyone passionate about solving big problems in this space.

Bill Magro
Director and Chief Technologist, High Performance Computing, Google

William (Bill) Magro is Chief Technologist for High Performance Computing at Google, where he drives HPC strategy and customer success for Google Cloud. Magro joined Google in 2020, after 20 years at Intel, where he was Intel Fellow and Chief Technologist for HPC. There, he served as a key strategist and driver for Intel’s HPC business, with a focus on software, solutions, and emerging technologies and trends, including HPC/Cloud and Exascale Computing.

A recognized leader in the InfiniBand industry, Magro helped found the OpenFabrics Alliance and served as InfiniBand Trade Association Technical Working Group co-chair from 2007-2020. Magro has been a prominent voice in the HPC community for over two decades and regularly participates and presents in HPC conferences, advisory boards, and panels.

He joined Intel in 2000 with the acquisition of Kuck & Associates Inc. (KAI). Prior to KAI, Magro spent 3 years as a post-doctoral fellow and staff member at the Cornell Theory Center at Cornell University. He holds a bachelor's degree in applied and engineering physics from Cornell University and a master's degree and Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Dan Stanzione, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President For Research, Executive Director, TACC

Dr. Dan Stanzione is a nationally recognized leader in high-performance computing with over 30 years of experience in open science. As the Executive Director of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) and Associate Vice President for Research at The University of Texas at Austin, he leads one of the world's top academic computing centers.

He is the principal investigator for several major NSF-funded supercomputers, including Frontera, the fastest supercomputer at a U.S. university, and Vista, an AI-centric system. Stanzione also leads the new Leadership Class Computing Facility (LCCF), which will deploy Horizon, poised to be the largest academic supercomputer dedicated to open science in the NSF portfolio. He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, and a master's and doctorate in computer engineering from Clemson University.