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Mr. Ralph A. McEldowney serves as the Associate Director for Networking for the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP). In this capacity, he is responsible for the Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN), the premiere high performance wide area network supporting the DoD Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) and Acquisition Engineering communities. Mr. McEldowney is responsible for a staff of 60 government employees and contractors, the management of nearly 170 DREN sites across 36 US states, and a $40 million annual budget. Mr. McEldowney provides program management oversight for the DREN III contract, a 10-year Firm Fixed Price contract valued at $750M.
Mr. McEldowney has over 30 years of Air Force civilian service with 22 years of experience supporting the DoD HPCMP in a variety of roles and responsibilities such as program management and team leadership; technology evaluation, acquisition and integration; system and network administration; and supervisory responsibilities. Prior to serving as the Associate Director for Networking, Mr. McEldowney served on the staff of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) DoD Supercomputing Resource Center (DSRC) as Chief of the Advanced Technologies Section at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. In this capacity, he was responsible for the acquisition and integration of next-generation technologies for the AFRL DSRC, including high performance computers, high capacity storage, and high performance networking.
Mr. McEldowney earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dayton (Dayton, Ohio) in 1987, and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas) in 1989.
Mr. McEldowney has over 30 years of Air Force civilian service with 22 years of experience supporting the DoD HPCMP in a variety of roles and responsibilities such as program management and team leadership; technology evaluation, acquisition and integration; system and network administration; and supervisory responsibilities. Prior to serving as the Associate Director for Networking, Mr. McEldowney served on the staff of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) DoD Supercomputing Resource Center (DSRC) as Chief of the Advanced Technologies Section at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. In this capacity, he was responsible for the acquisition and integration of next-generation technologies for the AFRL DSRC, including high performance computers, high capacity storage, and high performance networking.
Mr. McEldowney earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dayton (Dayton, Ohio) in 1987, and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas) in 1989.
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