Seppo Sahrakorpihas a PhD in Computational Physics from Tampere University of Technology in Finland. He has worked in the IT and ARC fields for over 20 years as an academic, systems administrator, ARC support engineer, lead IT architect, project manager and entrepreneur. Mr. Sahrakorpi has worked both in academia (Tampere University of Technology, Northeastern University, Harvard University, McMaster University), the non-profit sector (Canadian Research Data Center Network) and the private sector (TotalView Technologies, Pilvi Computing Inc.). Prior to joining the Alliance, he worked at CRDCN as a Lead IT Architect and team lead designing a state-of-the-art ARC/HPC IT infrastructure for a coalition of multiple universities and federal agencies.