Dr. David A. Horner is the Director of the Information Technology
Laboratory (ITL) at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development
Center (ERDC), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Vicksburg,
Mississippi.
The ERDC consists of seven laboratories located in four states, with
more than 2,100 employees, $1.2 billion in facilities, and a $1 billion
annual program. Its research and development (R&D) programs support
the Department of Defense (DOD), the Army, USACE and other agencies in
military and civilian mission areas. Principal ERDC R&D areas
include Military Engineering, Geospatial Research and Engineering, Civil
Works and Water Resources, Environmental Quality and Installations, and
Engineered Resilient Systems.
As the ITL Director, Dr. Horner provides leadership in the development
and execution of a broad range of R&D and operational programs on
behalf of the USACE, the Army, the Department of Defense (DOD), and
other federal agencies focused in computational science, information
science, information technology, high-performance computing,
high-bandwidth communications and data transfer, geographic information
systems, software engineering, and scientific visualization.
Additionally, the ITL operates and manages the DOD High Performance
Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) one of the five DOD
Supercomputing Resource Centers.
Prior to assuming his current position, Dr. Horner served as the
Director of the HPCMP, which is a multi-Service/Agency program that
provides an enabling high-performance computing ecosystem to the DOD
Science and Technology, Test and Evaluation, and Acquisition Engineering
communities. The program provides supercomputing solutions, high-speed
networking via the Defense Research and Engineering Network, and
advanced software development and refactoring to help DOD researchers
address the DOD’s and Services’ mission critical priorities.
Dr. Horner began his career at ERDC in 1984 as a civil engineer in the
Dam Safety Branch of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, a
position he held for two years before transferring to the Geotechnical
and Structures Laboratory (GSL). While at GSL, he served as the Lead
Technical Director for the Military Engineering Program where he was
promoted to Senior Scientific Technical Manager. He transitioned to ITL
in 2015 as the Director of the HPCMP until he was appointed the Director
of ITL in May 2018.
He earned a bachelor’s in civil engineering from Oklahoma State
University in 1983. He then earned his master’s in civil engineering
from Oklahoma State University in 1984, and a doctorate in the same from
the University of Michigan in 1989.
Dr. Horner is a past recipient of the Department of the Army Meritorious
Civilian Service Award, the Army Engineer Association’s Bronze Order of
the de Fleury Medal and the Society of American Military Engineers
Wheeler Medal. He is also a licensed Professional Engineer in the state
of Mississippi, and has also authored more than 50 publications,
including a report for the Secretary of Defense.
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