Beau Paisley is a computer science and mathematics graduate from the College of William and Mary and performed graduate studies in Electrical Engineering at Purdue University. Beau has over thirty years of experience in software development, marketing, sales, and leadership roles within research, academic, and startup organizations. He has previously held positions with the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Applied Physics Lab, Sierra Nevada Corporation, and several startup and early growth technical computing companies. Beau is currently a Solutions Director with the HPC tools group at Linaro.