Martin Deneroff heads the Engineering subgroup at DESRES. With over thirty years of experience in the electronics industry, he is an expert in computer system architecture and development. Prior to joining DESRES, Martin served as Vice President of Server and Platform Engineering at SGI. He also served as the architect for Concurrent Computer Micro 5 as well as the SGI Challenge and Origin servers. In 2003, he was appointed to the High End Computing Technology Task Force, which was created to develop strategies to promote U.S. competitiveness in the global computer market. Martin received an M.S. in computer science from Monmouth University, and a B.S. in electrical engineering from MIT. In his spare time, Marty enjoys traveling and spending time with his family.