Dave T.

Dave T. has extensive work experience in the field of high-performance computing, scientific computing, and machine learning. Dave has primarily worked at Sylabs Inc. and UT Southwestern Medical Center.

At Sylabs Inc., Dave T. worked as a Software Engineer, where they were responsible for maintaining, releasing, and developing the SingularityCE container runtime. Dave also led the development of the SingularityPRO commercially supported product. Additionally, they coordinated open source community engagement and engaged in technical interactions with customers.

During their time at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dave T. held multiple roles. As a Computer Scientist, they led Python and Django projects for the UTSW BioHPC high-performance computing team, providing easy access to HPC for biomedical researchers. Dave also contributed to sysadmin/operations, user support, training, and research collaborations. In a previous role as a Computational Scientist / Scientific Programmer III, they led the development of an in-house user portal and scientific workflow platforms. Dave also delivered HPC training and covered various programming languages and data management practices.

Prior to their time at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dave T. had research and support roles at the University of Oxford and the University of Exeter. At the University of Oxford, they worked as a Bioinformatician in Proteomics, conducting research in proteomics bioinformatics and providing bioinformatics support to the Central Proteomics Facilities. At the University of Exeter, they briefly worked as a Temporary Teaching Fellow.

Earlier in their career, Dave T. had various short-term contracts as a Programmer at Imerys. There, they developed multi-user database and intranet applications, including a transport scheduling system, a safety reporting system, and a ceramics recipe design tool.

Overall, Dave T. has a strong background in software engineering, high-performance computing, scientific programming, and bioinformatics.

Dave T. obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from the University of Exeter, between 2001 and 2004. Following that, they pursued a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Computer Science from the same university, which they successfully completed between 2004 and 2008.