Eric Pershey is a Principal Software Development Specialist at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF). He develops systems and tools to process and validate facility data and to test the ALCF’s next-generation computing systems. Eric’s research interests are in large-scale data generation, processing, and fidelity of metadata in high-performance computing systems. He has a master’s degree in Computer Science from DePaul University and a bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering Technology from DeVry University.