Saumil Merchant

Saumil Merchant is an accomplished HPC R&D manager at Shell since October 2013, with previous roles as a senior researcher and performance team lead. Prior experience includes serving as an HPC performance analyst at IBM from January 2011 to September 2013, focusing on performance analyses of HPC systems and tools. Earlier positions include research scientist at George Washington University, post-doctoral research associate at the CHREC - University of Florida, and research assistant at the Tennessee Advanced Computing Laboratory. Educational credentials include a PhD in Computer Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a BE in Electronics from the University of Mumbai.