BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Cynthia M

Marla J. Meehl -- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Section Head of the Network Engineering and Telecommunications Section

Office: P.O. Box 3000, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80307-3000 email: [email protected] office: (303) 497-1301 mobile: (720) 641-7187

A. Professional Preparation

University of Colorado – Boulder Telecommunications M.S., 1989 University of Colorado – Boulder Business Information Sciences B.S. cum laude, 1985

B. Appointments

1996-present Section Head, Network Engineering and Telecommunications Section UCAR 1994-1996 Manager, Networking Group UCAR 1986-1994 Network Engineer UCAR 1984-1986 Student Assistant Programmer Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) 1982-1984 Student Assistant Programmer UCAR Climate and Global Dynamics Division 1981-1982 Database Programmer, Database Group Storage Technology, Inc.

C. Publications None

D. Synergistic Activities

 Manager of the Bi-State Optical Network (BiSON)  Manager of the Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP)  Manager of the UCAR Point of Presence (UPoP)  Manager of the Boulder Point of Presence (BPOP)  Boulder Research and Administrative Network (BRAN) Management and Technical Committees  The Quilt: Nominations Committee and Finance Committee  Western Regional Network (WRN) Policy Committee  Advisory Board member for the NSF funded study: “EAGER: Report on International Data Exchange Requirements (RIDER)”  Co-Chair: Internet2 Gender Diversity Steering Committee

E. Collaborators & Other Affiliations: Matthew Mathis (Google), Ron Johnson (University of Washington), Amy Philipson (Pacific Northwest GigaPoP), Robert Aylward (University of Wyoming), Robert Morrison (University of Wyoming), Dave Reese (CENIC), Louis Fox (CENIC), Gil Gonzales (University of New Mexico), Steve Corbato (University of Utah), Mike Phillips (LEARN), David Lassner (University of Hawaii), David Wood (University of Colorado), Scott Baily (Colorado State University), Jerry Janssen (NOAA-Boulder), Alex Hsia (NOAA-Boulder), Paul Williams (City of Boulder), Pat Burns (Colorado State University), Steve Smith (University of Hawaii), Moira Gerety (University of New Mexico), Jen Leasure (The Quilt), James Deaton (ONENET), Richard Newman (Florida LambdaRail), John Moore (MCNC), Jeff Crowder (Virginia Tech), Dave Moses (Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center), Laurie Burns (University of Indiana), Linda Roos (Internet2), Ana Hunsinger (Internet2)

Graduate Advisor and Postdoctoral Sponsor: 0 Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor: 0 Total Graduate Students supervised over the years: 0 Total Postdoctoral Fellows supervised over the years: 0

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

 NSF ARRA grant #0962766 (PI): The Bi-State Optical Network (BiSON) Upgrade