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. 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. 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.