Stan Graves Email & Phone Number

Dfw, Texas

High Performance Computing (HPC) Software Project Manager (Jan 2018-present)Project Manager for HPC Power Software Products (Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library & Parallel ESSL, Parallel Performance Toolkit, Spectrum MPI, Cluster Solution Manager, Burst Buffer, and eXtreme Cluster Administration Toolkit)- Manage the delivery of all required HPC software updates to support the IBM HPC Cluster Solution offerings. - Coordinate with extended HPC delivery team to create and manage integrated roadmap for IBM HPC system offerings. - Coordinate with 3rd party software vendors inside and outside IBM to ensure that dependencies are understood, and that schedules are aligned. - Update executive and senior management about project status. Messaging Team Software Project Manager (Jun 2014-Dec 2017)Manage Message Passing Interface (MPI) software development team (8-12 FTE developer virtual team).- Manage the delivery of all required software features to support new hardware offerings, service pack updates to existing products, and customer critical feature requests. - Create and manage product and feature roadmap milestones for IBM Spectrum MPI, IBM Platform MPI, and IBM PE-RTE. - Manage all critical (Sev 1 or Sev 2) customer defect escalations through delivery of an acceptable workaround or product update. - Coordinate with extended HPC delivery team to create and manage MPI roadmap.IBM Spectrum MPI Level 3 Customer Support Lead (Jan 2012-Dec 2017)Managed all escalations from first contact to final solution. Implement feature enhancements and bug fixes to reduce or eliminate common customer issues. - Developed and delivered more than 500 hours of classroom training materials for internal and external customers.- Wrote, produced, and narrated video tutorials covering common IBM Platform MPI questions.- Mentored and developed additional Level 3 support engineer capability on the development team.

Platform MPI Developer (Jul 2009 - Jan 2012)- Responsible for product user-experience, from gathering customer requirements to feature implementation and documentation. - Product release manager for all major product updates on Linux and Windows. Platform MPI Level 3 Customer Support Lead (Jul 2009 - Jan 2012)- Managed the customer transition from HP-MPI to Platform MPI. Provided single point of contact for all customer training, questions, and service escalations. - Developed and delivered more than 120 hours of classroom training materials for internal and external customers.2010 Hero Of Customer Service MVP Award

HP-MPI Customer Support Lead (2007-2009)Managed all escalations from first contact to final solution. Implement feature enhancements and bug fixes to reduce or eliminate common customer issues. • Developed and delivered more than 120 hours of classroom training materials for internal and external customers.• Reduced calls escalated to HP-MPI team by 30%.• Reduced average time to solution by 50%. R&D Lab Equipment Manager (2008-2009)Managed equipment budget and purchases for HP-MPI development team ($500k annual budget). • Maintained a six quarter look ahead of hardware roadmaps, internal and external. • Setup and debug InfiniBand & 10G high performance interconnects. Install and test OFED for use with IBV, UDAPL, and PSM; configured and tested TCP over GigE and IPoIB.• Reduced lab equipment footprint by 25%.• Leveraged internal equipment loans to reduce equipment spending by 30%.• Reduced time to market for software updates on new hardware by 8 weeks.Software Project Manager (2006-2007)ClusterPack high performance computing (HPC) scale out clustering system administration suite. Project manager two full release cycles of the product.• Developed and delivered 250 hours of training for software developers, field engineers, and support personnel.• Successfully planned and lead effort to transition product to maintenance status.Senior Software Engineer (2000-2006)Supported full lifecycle development for ClusterPack, a Unix cluster management solution. Primary customer support engineer, packaging, patch, and release engineer. Wrote and maintained all product documentation (Users Guide, Release Notes, man pages)• Integrated Platform Clusterware job scheduler into the ClusterPack solution.• Design and implement product licensing with FlexNet Publisher.• Develop and delivered product training for two major releases including more than 120 hours of classroom based training materials.

Senior Software Developer: Airborne Imaging Systems; Garland, TX; (1999-2000)• Designed and implemented a real-time image processing solution.• Created documentation and training materials for final solution.• Achieved 250% better throughput performance than required.Senior Software Developer/Aircrew Weapons Tactics Trainer, Arlington, TX; (1998 –1999) • Supported the full life cycle software upgrade of a flight training simulator: including an extended customer site integration, and porting existing software to new hardware.• Led “Best Practices” team to document and reuse successful system engineering practices on multiple programs: including design of software configuration management utilities to support the simultaneous development of multiple product lines.• Developed mathematical modeling techniques for aircraft and weapon simulation.

Software Simulation Developer: Guided MLRS & Advanced Project, Grand Prairie, TX (1995 – 1998)• Built and maintained a high fidelity computer simulation of a guided missile used for engineering analysis of prototype design studies, reduced time to solution by 75%.• Supported the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) CMM Level 3 accreditation.• Integrated missile hardware and software sub-systems for testing.Software Simulation Engineer: Space Shuttle Engineering Simulation, Clearlake, TX; (1994 – 1995)• Supported an engineering simulation (cockpit mock-up) of the space shuttle, re-host to a Unix based architecture, and astronaut training in a space shuttle forward cockpit simulator.• Integrated the Global Reference Atmosphere Model (GRAM-95) into the Shuttle Engineering Simulation.• Supported the East Coast Abort Landing (ECAL) engineering feasibility study using the Shuttle Engineering Simulation. Evaluated proposed changes to the guidance laws and fuel bugdet to determine the appropriate parameters for a successful ECAL.