Sandia Names New VP for Science and Technology, Chief Technology Officer
NS&D Monitor
10/17/2014
Rob Leland has been named Sandia National Laboratories’ new Vice President of Science and Technology and the lab’s Chief Technology Officer, the lab said late last week. Leland, a 24-year employee of the lab, replaces Duane Dimos and Julia Phillips, who had assumed the role in an acting capacity for the last 20 months. Leland was detailed to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy last year to work on an interagency team developing a new high performance computing national strategy. He has a background in electrical and mechanical engineering as well as applied mathematics and computer science, and most recently served as the director of the lab’s Computing and Information Sciences Research Foundation and as the head of computing research. “Rob brings a distinguished scientific background and a proven ability to develop new strategic directions that will enable him to bring strong leadership to our research agenda,” Sandia Director Paul Hommert said.
