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Rich Brueckner
Rich Brueckner
President, inside-BigData
Recently named as one of the Top 20 Big Data Influencers by Forbes Magazine, Rich Brueckner is an avid writer, publisher, and technology pundit focused on high performance computing. He acquired inside-HPC.com in 2010 and has since expanded his online publications to include inside-BigData, inside-Cloud, and inside-Startups. With over 25 years of HPC experience at Cray Research, SGI, and Sun Microsystems, Rich is known to many in the industry as “the guy in the Red Hat.”
When he’s not working, Rich keeps busy writing fiction, cartoons, and parody films. You can check out his latest works: The Three Magi of Katrina, Seven Meals from Chaos, Jigsaw Falling into Place, and Bardo. Rich lives and works in Portland, Oregon.

John Kirkley
John Kirkley
Contributing Editor, inside-BigData
John Kirkley has over 25 years experience writing for the computer industry. Over the past 15 years Kirkley has focused on high performance computing (HPC) and advanced manufacturing technologies such as digital manufacturing, modeling, simulation and analytics (MS&A) and additive manufacturing. Client deliverables include articles, success stories, case histories, white papers, web content, advertorials, speeches, newsletters, video scripts and a variety of other content. Kirkley has the unique ability to understand complex technical subjects and translate them into content that is clear, concise, interesting and entertaining.
William Wallace
William Wallace
Contributing Editor, inside-BigData
William Wallace is a 10+ year veteran who has specialized in the high tech world. An avid writer, Mr. Wallace has published a number of feature articles on the such varying topics as bike racing, men’s issues and music criticism. His interests include bike racing, hiking, Don DeLillo, and Miles Davis.
Wallace graduated with honors from the University of Texas with a B.A. in Urban Studies and studied at Oxford University in England under the Fellowship Program in Humanities.

Ralph Wells
Ralph Wells
Contributing Editor, inside-BigData
Ralph Wells joins the insideHPC editorial team as Associate Editor in 2010. Prior to that, Mr. Wells worked 11 years at The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon’s daily newspaper, where he focused on business and technology.

