Ben Lenard

Ben is responsible for overseeing the administration and improvement of database systems in the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility’s, ALCF, supercomputing environment. These databases are critical to many of the facility’s support services, including job scheduling, job accounting, and business intelligence. He has presented at Cray Users Group as well as various Db2 events. In addition to his day-to-day responsibilities, Ben has been strong advocate for the ALCF and for computer science, volunteering for events like the Hour of Code and Argonne’s public open house. Prior to joining ALCF, Ben worked for one of the largest US financial firms for over a decade, as well as Northern Illinois University. Ben holds a Master’s degree as well as a MBA from Northern Illinois University, he is also currently pursuing a PhD in Computer and Information Sciences at DePaul University.