
ALT Jonathon Churchill is a Scientific Computing Network Architect. With over 15 years of experience in high performance networks, he designs, advises, and coordinates network activity for data centric high-performance computing and storage. He is responsible for STFC Scientific Computing’s core network (15Tbit/s bandwidth, low latency) and provides medium and long-term strategies on networks and storage for the next 20+ years. He guides a small virtual team of networking practitioners. At SC24, Jonathon is looking forward to meeting with vendors and like-minded people and discovering new technologies and products on the show floor.

ALT Will Furnell is a Senior Systems Administrator within the Research Infrastructure Group. Will works on JASMIN, a super-data cluster used for environmental and climate science research. They also spend time working on our physical infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters and backup systems. Will is looking forward to seeing new infrastructure solutions, learning about new developments in the field and finding better software to manage our HPC systems.

ALT Lewis Sampson is a research software engineer for the DAFNI platform. He maintains and develops the current DAFNI Kubernetes system, and is in the process of creating a new cluster. He also works closely with the team of developers to ensure that systems and developer aims align. Lewis is looking forward to connecting with others to share ideas, build networks and learn about useful new tools while having the opportunity to represent STFC as a whole. He is keen to attend sessions on HPC digital twins, secure coding practices, and cross-domain EDI discussions.

ALT Marion Samler is the Business Development Manager for STFC Scientific Computing (SC). Her primary focus is to build partnerships, develop value propositions and support the extensive bid activity for the department. She has developed a community of users for SC’s DAFNI, and works to identify new opportunities and partnerships. Marion’s background is in business and finance, with previous roles in project management, training and business development. Marion is looking forward to catching up with current partners and meeting potential new partners for STFC at SC24.




















