{"id":2490,"date":"2022-11-10T13:39:10","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T20:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/arc\/?page_id=2490"},"modified":"2026-02-11T01:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T01:06:04","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/arc\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- shortcode-right-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-right-column\" >\n    <div class=\"shortcode-right-column__container\"><\/p>\n<p><!-- shortcode-contact -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-contact\">\n    <div class=\"contact-header\">\n        <h3>Contact Advanced Research Computing<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"contact-body\">\n                <a href=\"mailto:ask-arc@nau.edu\" aria-label=\"Contact Advanced Research Computing: Email Address\" title=\"Email Address\">\n            <div class=\"contact-icon-container\">\n                <i class=\"fas fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n                <span class=\"sr-only\">Email:<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"contact-email\">ask-arc&#8203;@nau.edu<\/div>\n        <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h1>Our Team<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span class=\"ui-provider dmv dmw c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t dmx dmy w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">The Advanced Research Computing (ARC) team at NAU facilitates access and support of High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources and associated technologies supporting computationally demanding or transformational research at NAU.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: right\"><\/h5>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    <\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Christopher\u00a0Benjamin\u00a0Coffey<\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Director<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img { Padding: 50px; } wp-image-2598 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/Coffey_Christopher_avatar2-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/Coffey_Christopher_avatar2-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/Coffey_Christopher_avatar2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/Coffey_Christopher_avatar2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/Coffey_Christopher_avatar2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/Coffey_Christopher_avatar2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/Coffey_Christopher_avatar2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/Coffey_Christopher_avatar2-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.nau.edu\/person\/cbc\">Contact<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    <\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Education<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">MS in Computer Science<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Background<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW233375219 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW233375219 BCX0\">Over 20 years of computing experience supporting researchers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\" style=\"text-align: left\">\n<h5>Specialties<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" style=\"text-align: left\">\n<ul>\n<li>HPC architecture and storage<\/li>\n<li>Parallel computing<\/li>\n<li>Programming and scripting<\/li>\n<li>Slurm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Interest<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Christopher enjoys the outdoors including activities like cycling, backpacking, and climbing.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    <\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Keith Lyle Ballou<\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Systems Administrator, Sr.<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2543\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/PXL_20221115_182540630.MP_2-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/PXL_20221115_182540630.MP_2-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/PXL_20221115_182540630.MP_2-1024x971.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/PXL_20221115_182540630.MP_2-768x728.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/PXL_20221115_182540630.MP_2-1536x1456.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/PXL_20221115_182540630.MP_2-2048x1942.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/PXL_20221115_182540630.MP_2-600x569.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.nau.edu\/staff?title=Intermidiate%20Systems%20&amp;person=klb327\">Contact<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    <\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Education<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">BSBA, Computer Information Systems<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Background<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Over 5 years of experience with helpdesk and user computer support and 12 years of system administration.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Specialties<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Server and storage hardware<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Networking<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Hypervisors and Virtual Machines<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Process automation<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Scripting and programming<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Interest<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Keith enjoys swimming, reading, playing video games and the topics of copyright and other esoteric legalese.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    <\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Jason Buechler<\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Systems Administrator, Int.<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2506\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/PXL_20210622_023541931.PORTRAIT-1-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/PXL_20210622_023541931.PORTRAIT-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/PXL_20210622_023541931.PORTRAIT-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/PXL_20210622_023541931.PORTRAIT-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/PXL_20210622_023541931.PORTRAIT-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/PXL_20210622_023541931.PORTRAIT-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/PXL_20210622_023541931.PORTRAIT-1-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.nau.edu\/staff?title=Intermidiate%20Systems%20&amp;person=jtb49\">Contact<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    <\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Education<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">BS in Aerospace Engineering, MS in Mechanical Engineering<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Background<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Over 20 years of experience with all-platform front end support and 10 years of educational instruction.<\/p>\n<h5>Specialties<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Hardware &amp; OS diagnostics<\/li>\n<li>Renewable energy engineering research<\/li>\n<li>Programming, scripting and data mining<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Interest<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Jason enjoys XC running, mountain biking, photography and various forms of digital media. He also has an interest in linguistics and machine learning.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    <\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Joseph\u00a0Francisco\u00a0Guzman<\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Systems Administrator, Int.<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2474\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/joseph-f-guzman-photo-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/joseph-f-guzman-photo-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/joseph-f-guzman-photo-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/joseph-f-guzman-photo-1.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.nau.edu\/staff?title=Intermidiate%20Systems%20&amp;person=jfg95\">Contact<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    <\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Education<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">BS in Computer Science, MS in Informatics<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Background<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Has conducted graduate research at NAU and has the academic fundamentals of computer science.<\/p>\n<h5>Specialties<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Developer environment setup<\/li>\n<li>Bash and Python scripting<\/li>\n<li>Debugging<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Interest<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Joseph enjoys playing video games, drinking coffee, hiking and exploring Linux and terminal apps.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    <\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Michael Fell<\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Applications Programmer, Int.<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2980\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/MikeFellSquare-600x600.png\" alt=\"Portrait of Michael Fell\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/MikeFellSquare-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/MikeFellSquare-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/MikeFellSquare-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/MikeFellSquare-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/MikeFellSquare.png 956w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.nau.edu\/staff?title=Intermidiate%20Systems%20&amp;person=mkf58\">Contact<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    <\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Education<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">PhD in Biology<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Background<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Graduate research with extensive modeling and analysis in R and C. Over 5 years of experience providing front and back-end programming support to researchers at NAU.<\/p>\n<h5>Specialties<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Debugging<\/li>\n<li>Research software development<\/li>\n<li>Programming, scripting and data analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Interest<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Mike enjoys hiking, reading, climbing, video games, and generally tinkering with technology.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    <\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Alexander Anthis<\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Student HPC Technician<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2989 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/alexander_anthis_prof_propic-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/alexander_anthis_prof_propic-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/alexander_anthis_prof_propic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/alexander_anthis_prof_propic.jpg 408w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:aaa2489@iris.nau.edu\"><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    <\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Education<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">AS in Computer Science<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Background<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">3 years of experience in server administration and over 7 years of user computer support.<\/p>\n<h5>Specialties<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Programming and scripting<\/li>\n<li>Operating systems<\/li>\n<li>Debugging<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Interest<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Alex enjoys playing video games, tinkering with operating systems, and learning more about software development.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<h3>Rose Hankins<\/h3>\n<h5>Student HPC Technician<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4019 size-uncropped-large\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/rose-hankins-e1770771294735-531x600.jpeg\" alt=\"A picture of Rose Hankins.\" width=\"531\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/rose-hankins-e1770771294735-531x600.jpeg 531w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/rose-hankins-e1770771294735-266x300.jpeg 266w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/rose-hankins-e1770771294735.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"mailto:jh3994@iris.nau.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    <\/p>\n<h5>Education<\/h5>\n<p>AAS in Computer Programming<\/p>\n<h5>Background<\/h5>\n<p>Virtual reality and multiplayer game development, 1 published game, and nearly 8 years of programming experience.<\/p>\n<h5>Specialties<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>3D graphics, particularly VR<\/li>\n<li>Physics &amp; medical simulations<\/li>\n<li>Networking and multiplayer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Interest<\/h5>\n<p>Rose enjoys both playing &amp; developing video games, hiking, biking, and learning about the medical field.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Team The Advanced Research Computing (ARC) team at NAU facilitates access and support of High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources and associated technologies supporting computationally demanding or transformational research at NAU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1963,"featured_media":2403,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2490","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1963"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2490"}],"version-history":[{"count":63,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4022,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2490\/revisions\/4022"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}