The University of Hawaii Vanguard Center of High Performance Computing, or VCHPC, recently named Tiare Martin as its new executive director, UH officials announced Monday.
The vanguard center, which is part of UH's Applied Research Laboratory, supports the U.S. Air Force’s Maui High Performance Computing Center, and is one of five Department of Defense Supercomputing Resource Centers in the U.S.
Prior to taking on the role of executive director, Martin, who was born and raised in Hawaii, was program manager at the vanguard computing center since 2017. As leader of the center, she is now in charge of overseeing the centerʻs research mission, exploring emerging high performance computing technologies, and lowering barriers to apply supercomputing to problem solving.
She succeeds Mike Maberry, who is retiring from UH, as of July 1.
“Tiare is a proven leader with the knowledge, expertise and experience to guide the Vanguard Center into the future,” said UH President David Lassner in a statement. “We are thrilled to be able to hire outstanding talent from within as we work to advance the success of the Maui High Performance Computing Center, the cornerstone of high tech on the island.”
Martin — who has more than 20 years of engineering experience — is a member of the Project Management Institute and the Society of Women Engineers, and currently serves as vice chair of the Maui Economic Development Board. After graduating from Kamehameha Schools, she earned her bachelors degree in electrical engineering from the University of San Diego and previously held positions at Oceanit Laboratories in Kihei, Maui, and Raytheon-Space and Airborne Systems Division in California.
“I am honored to be selected for this role and look forward to building on the decades of innovation and technology advancement accomplished by the center,” Martin said in a statement. “I know how important our work is for national defense and for Hawaii’s high-tech sector. I am up for the challenge.”
