OUR KEY PEOPLE
Owen has worked both client and supplier side across the commercial, corporate and public sectors and is a distinguished, highly experienced HPC, Cloud Computing and business expert. Owen has dealt with every type of challenge that a technical project can encompass – contract, financial, risk, personnel, stakeholder management, strategy and quality concerns. Now, with the entry of Cloud Computing for HPC Owen continues to assist many companies in their strategic advancement for a better future.
Key attributes include:
Strong communicator, strong stakeholder manager, strong leader, capable of mitigating roadblocks, independent, knowledgeable, approachable and an innovator
Having been instrumental in the set-up of Red Oak Consulting in 2004, Angela oversees all financial and regulatory management for the business. As a partner of Red Oak Consulting Angela remains an active member of the team.
Key attributes include:
Strong financial management, strong commercial awareness, strong organisational skills, strong business skills
Nick’s passion and drive in the world of technology and its advancement has enabled Nick to expand his knowledge and expertise to more than traditional HPC. Nick is a fully certified Google Cloud Associate Engineer. Having worked on a number of Cloud PoC’s, designed solutions for backup of on premises seismic data to Cloud for global disaster recovery, Nick’s HPC and Cloud Computing expertise is fully encompassing. As a Principle Consultant Nick will support our customers on seeking the most sustainable HPC solution and will work alongside our team of Technical consultants.
Key attributes include:
Strong communicator, planning, approachable, strong team leadership, project management
After 6 years of supporting a UK government agency taking full responsibility to analyse and certify fit for purpose hardware and software configurations Paul expanded his business acumen. For the past three years Paul has worked in the highly acclaimed, prestige, corporate sector of Formula One. Here, he has managed HPC systems running aerodynamic(CFD) and Finite Element Analysis system workloads,  race strategy systems, and vehicle dynamics systems, all of which led to three consecutive world championship wins.
Paul will be utilizing his expertise to assist customers with their HPC systems, offering strategic guidance and resolution. With the ability to communicate and work across all levels of customer interaction including stakeholder management, Paul is a great asset to the Red Oak Consulting Operational team.
Key attributes include:
Strong communicator, technology, approachable, time management, organisation
Ian’s latest role at Intel, before joining Red Oak, was that of Lab manager for Intel Liquid-Cooled HPC lab. Through Ian’s creation, planning and implementation, the datacentre lab was one of its kind. The lab was built to demonstrate liquid cooled server technologies with both Direct and immersion cooling. Chilled and warm water circuits / dry air coolers / CDU / AHU.
Ian’s wealth of expertise across HPC Enterprise encompasses Linux, network, storage, firewalling, hardware, datacentres operations and liquid cooling. This level of knowledge brings an even greater depth of skill to the Red Oak team. At Red Oak Ian will be working with customers to ensure they get the very best from HPC and will work with customers to overcome challenges, ensuring successful & sustainable futures for all.
Key attributes include:
Strong communicator, technology, approachable, customer orientation, HPC knowledge
Working with customers and their stakeholders Dairsie delivers solutions and recommendations often in the form of studies and reports. He specializes in competitive analysis and system benchmarking. Dairsie has an impeccable and diverse career in IT which includes an early career in computer graphics, micro-architecture and full stack software development; he has over thirteen years’ specialist experience in the HPC sector. His experience ranges from developing low-level software architectures to a range of accelerators. Dairsie also has the experience to advise on strategy, technology, procurements and technical projects from initiation to completion.
Key Attributes Include:
Innovator, thought leader, experienced, strong communicator, strategic thinker, problem solver
Having worked internationally in four countries and presented and published in a variety of international conferences and scientific journals, Manveer combines great interpersonal skills and a strong eye for detail with a passion and drive for excellent customer service. Manveer has a background in computational and experimental condensed matter physics with multi-disciplinary experience in the use of HPC for quantum chemistry, classical molecular dynamics and microscope image simulations. This is combined with Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert and Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect Associate Cloud qualifications, providing an ideal toolset for customers looking to extend the reach of their HPC infrastructure to the Cloud.
Key Attributes Include:
Excellent Communicator, adaptable, passion for new technologies and outstanding organisation skills
Prior to working in aerospace, Jorge spent 20 years working in the academy and research sector. Having consulted on projects both across Europe and USA, Jorge has unrivalled expertise. With the knowledge Jorge has acquired through his career Jorge is fully aligned with the demands and challenges of the research community. Having excelled in the niche areas of R&D, multiphysics modelling and data analysis engineering, scientific and digital engineering, Jorge brings an unparalleled level of expertise to the team.
Jorge is a dedicated, highly trained, organised, and efficient professional, who has also successfully led and managed multidisciplinary teams in the design, development, performance validation, and manufacturing of equipment used in many technological areas. Jorge’s attention to detail, technical leadership skills, and analytical capabilities have been demonstrated in his technical contributions to numerous engineering and scientific projects delivered worldwide.
Jorge will be working with customers to imprint his experience to ensure the right HPC solution is successfully delivered, time and time again.
Key Attributes Include:
Organisational skills, focused, experienced, approachable and an analytical expert
With a working background in both academia and corporate James is an excellent, accomplished, problem solver. With a strong analytical capability James will be able to offer clients a high level of expertise when analysing pre and post results of data and its metadata, be it for HPC or Cloud Computing.
With a strong background in research and information gathering, James is highly focused on detail. With a passion for cloud computing and technical innovation, James brings a level of experience, passion, drive and energy to the Red Oak team, as our Senior Technical Consultant.
Key Attributes Include:
Excellent technical ability, passion for new technologies, problem solver, attention to detail, data analyst
All of this enables, Roberto to bring his vast and unrivalled level of scientific knowledge to the team. Having a drive to share knowledge, Roberto has published extensively in topics ranging from mathematical physics to modelling of deep earth interiors. Roberto’s career has taken him all over the globe, including countries such as: Canada, Japan, and Germany.
Lately he has supported the Mathematical and Physical Sciences School at the University of Sussex as a Research Computing Support Engineer where everyday administration was provided including HPC, Web Servers and Desktop support. Roberto’s extensive academia experience both as a HPC user and engineer will deliver a high level of support to our ROMS customers. With a passion for new technologies and supporting people Roberto will leave no problem unturned giving his focus to providing only the best.
Key Attributes Include:
Organisational skills, focused, experienced, approachable and an analytical expert
Khaled’s focus has been on the investigation and prediction of Physical, astrophysical and biological models using theoretical and experimental data. Using HPC Khaled has become an expert in the decryption of complex molecular models and interactions of molecules with surfaces and clusters. Here, he used the density functional theory and the post-Hartree Fock approaches implemented in many scientific codes including CP2K, VASP, GAUSSIAN, and MOLPRO.
Having worked on an international basis, UK, USA and Africa, Khaled holds a wealth of HPC and Physical Chemistry knowledge and is proud to have been published in a variety of international conferences and Scientific journals.
Khaled’s skill and knowledge in both the sciences and technology will help advise customers to get the best of HPC and Cloud for all scientific and research matters.
Key Attributes:
Self-motivated, technology, enthusiastic, research, approachable
Samiul joins the Red Oak Managed Services team with a wealth of technical and front-line customer support experience. Having successfully completed a First Class BSc (Hons) Degree in Computer Science (Networks) at the University of Hertfordshire, Samiul commenced his IT career. Since 2016, Samiul has worked at a leading scientific institute being instrumental in the offering of first-class IT support to all users. Having started his career as a User Support Analysist Samiul’s capability and skill was quickly recognised and he rapidly elevated his position to become an IT Support Engineer. Here he was responsible for delivering a level of high-quality IT support to more than 600 end users. By working as part of a team Samiul acquired a strong skillset for communication as well as the planning and execution of all aspects required to deliver a quality, reliable customer service solution.
Having successfully supported the user community delivering end to end solution capability, Samiul’s last role before joining Red Oak was that of infrastructure engineering. Here Samiul worked across the various elements of High-Performance Computing, including enterprise grade network (VCP-DCV certified), storage, virtualisation, HPC and datacentres. Samiul is fully versed with creating and delivering solutions to the research community. His expertise has enabled scientists to overcome experimental challenges, enabling their research to continue, in a positive, productive manner. With a proven proficiency in the delivery of technical solutions and an emphasis to ensure all HPC users ultimately receive a positive customer experience, Samiul is ideally placed as Red Oak Managed Services Team Leader. Samiul’s skill, drive, customer focus and above all passion for success will undoubtedly support the delivery of a high-quality, exceptional service, for all our customers.
Key Attributes Include:
Customer service, leadership, excellent communicator, organisation, approachable
We are delighted to announce Muneeb Khan as one of the latest HPC specialists to join the Red Oak Managed Services support team. Muneeb joins Red Oak Managed Services (ROMS) with a wealth of experience. Muneeb’s expertise is not just in area of technology and HPC but also in interpersonal skills. Muneeb joins ROMS with a strong background in electrical engineering. For the past 10 years Muneeb’s expertise has been focused on industrial automation, specifically deploying SCADA systems in the FMCG and Pharmaceutical sectors. Having successfully completed 10 years in this dynamic industry, Muneeb has acquired the necessary skill and insight into successfully working alongside researchers, in what can be a very pressurised environment.  In 2017, Muneeb pursued an MSc in software engineering at Cranfield University, where he immediately discovered his keen interest and passion in the world of HPC and Cloud Computing.
With a strong background in engineering and industrial automation Muneeb brings an elevated level of skill to the ROMS team. As a HPC Specialist, Muneeb will be focused on supporting all our customers with any technical issues they may encounter. Working alongside the rest of the ROMS specialist team, Muneeb will be applying his HPC & Cloud knowledge making sure their experience is a positive one elevating all elements of technical stress.
Key Attributes:
Customer service, excellent communicator, time management, approachable, organisation
Sylvia will be supporting our Operational team as a Business Consultant and will be responsible for driving Red Oak Consulting in obtaining our ISO27001 accreditation in 2021. With a proven track record in customer service Sylvia will be working alongside our Operational Manager to ensure the highest levels of quality service and customer satisfaction are maintained.
Key Attributes:
Strong communication, project management, supplier management, people person
Her role includes day to day management of operational team, liaison with customers in relation to operational delivery, feedback, satisfaction and corporate risk and opportunity management. Prior to joining Red Oak in 2012, Dee worked primarily in the education sector.
Key Attributes:
Excellent communicator, excellent attention to detail, people person, great organisational skills
Sara’s role includes liaison with accountants and HMRC. She also oversees payroll and the administration of HR procedures relating to staff including contracts, benefits and training.
Key Attributes:
Excellent organisational skills, strong communicator, highly focussed, excellent attention to detailÂ
Throughout her career Vicki has been instrumental in the strategic development and management of a large number of Global blue-chip organisations both in the UK and on an International level. Vicki’s core responsibilities have also been centred around business development, brand enhancement, revenue enhancement, corporate expansion and growth throughout the years.
Key Attributes:
Excellent communicator, Sales Manager, strong organisational skills, people person, excellent time manager
Lili will be utilising her skill and experience to drive Red Oak Consulting’s corporate strategy forward. Most notably, she will be working alongside Nick Skingle to formulate the founding and delivery of Red Oak Managed Services (ROMS); the latest HPC offering for all clients, regardless of size or industry. With previous strategy experience in outsourcing businesses and a background understanding the intricacies of a consultancy firm, Lili is ideally placed to bring a strong commercial angle to ROMS, driving this new and exciting service forward.
Key Attributes:
Strategy, strong communicator, forward planning, organisational skillsÂ