Mr. Pearah
Welcome to HDF.
Let me introduce myself. I own a software company that develops HDF software.
At the moment I have some interesting HDF projects in the design phase, and
I was wondering If you would be interested in discussing them.
I am also looking for a full time job in anything related to HDF.
I was actually part of the HDF Group from 2001-2009, having done some of the
most successful HDF command line tools and APIs,
so it would be interesting to come back and continue this work.
After I left the HDF Group I continued to develop HDF command line tools, one I
did is called h5merge, that merges 2 HDF5 files
This tool is more or less production ready on my site
http://www.space-research.org/hdf5/hdf5.htm
and I would be willing to contribute this tool to be part of HDF, after making
it a little more production ready.
At the moment I am developing an open source data project, that will read HDF5,
called Data Explorer.
Something like the HDF Group's own "HDF View", but C++ based, not Java like HDF
View.
This is something that you might consider, to retire "HDF View", I think it
should be an embarrassment for the HDF Group
to have "HDF View" as an official HDF viewer.
Something like Data Explorer, a C++ based tool, would be a good alternative to
"HDF View"
a prototype source code is available at github
https://github.com/pedro-vicente/data-explorer
Some months ago I found design flaw in the netCDF format, that makes it
impossible
for a program that reads both HDF5 and netCDF HDF5 based files to distinguish
between the 2 APIs.
I sent some solutions to a thread to the hdf-forum named "Detecting netCDF
versus HDF5".
One the solutions requires the involvement of the
HDF Group, since it requires changes in the HDF5 code base .
It think it would be an interesting way for the HDF Group to keep track of HDF5
based formats.
My phone is 217-898-9356, feel free to call anytime
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Pedro Vicente
[email protected]
https://twitter.com/_pedro__vicente
http://www.space-research.org/
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From: Karen Tudor
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 4:30 PM
Subject: [Hdf-forum] Dave Pearah joins The HDF Group as CEO
The HDF Group welcomes new CEO Dave Pearah
April 11, 2016
Champaign, IL -- The HDF Group today announced that its Board of Directors
has appointed David Pearah as its new Chief Executive Officer. The HDF Group is
a software company dedicated to creating high performance computing technology
to address many of today's Big Data challenges.
Pearah replaces Mike Folk upon his retirement after ten years as company
President and Board Chair. Folk will remain a member of the Board of Directors,
and Pearah will become the company's Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Pearah said, "I am honored to have been selected as The HDF Group's next CEO.
It is a privilege to be part of an organization with a nearly 30-year history
of delivering innovative technology to meet the Big Data demands of commercial
industry, scientific research and governmental clients."
Industry leaders in fields from aerospace and biomedicine to finance join the
company's client list. In addition, government entities such as the Department
of Energy and NASA, numerous research facilities, and scientists in disciplines
from climate study to astrophysics depend on HDF technologies.
Pearah continued, "We are an organization led by a mission to make a positive
impact on everyone we engage, whether they are individuals using our
open-source software, or organizations who rely on our talented team of
scientists and engineers as trusted partners. I will do my best to serve the
HDF community by enabling our team to fulfill their passion to make a
difference. We've just delivered a major release of HDF5 with many additional
powerful features, and we're very excited about several innovative new products
that we'll soon be making available to our user community."
"Dave is clearly the leader for HDF's future, and he has the unanimous
support of the Board of Directors," said Jed Taylor, The HDF Group Board Member
and Chair of the search committee. "The Board has always had a strong focus on
succession planning. We initiated the formal CEO succession process ten months
ago, searching internally and externally to find the best leader for our
employees, clients and partners. With Dave Pearah taking the role of CEO and
Mike Folk remaining on the Board, we are confident that The HDF Group has the
leadership to drive its success for the next chapter."
Over the past 15 years, Pearah has held increasingly senior roles in
engineering, product and business leadership across multiple industries,
including telecommunications, healthcare, and marketing. Most recently, Pearah
was Chief Technology Officer of Cision, overseeing Product Management,
Engineering and IT for the global business. Prior to Cision, Pearah served as
CTO and SVP Product Management for Emmi Solutions, General Manager of the
ePrescribe Business Unit for Allscripts, and Director of Product Management at
Nuance/Dictaphone.
Pearah holds dual master's degrees in Technology Management and Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, and a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. He is a recipient of fellowships from the National Science
Foundation, NASA and the Ford Foundation.
The Hierarchical Data Format, or HDF, was originally developed in 1987 at the
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with the goal of addressing the growing need to
effectively manage very large and complex scientific and engineering data.
During the early 1990s, organizations in commercial industry, government and
academia adopted HDF for many applications demanding high performance data
management software. HDF supports all types of digital data, regardless of
origin, size or complexity, from remote sensing data collected by satellites
and computational results from nuclear testing models, to high-resolution MRI
brain scans and financial time series data.
"The company has grown steadily since we spun off from the NCSA to further
develop HDF technologies," says Folk, who led the original NCSA project for 18
years before co-founding the company. "But if we are to become truly
sustainable and preserve our mission, we need a business model that will
provide more consistent revenues, and can also enable the company to grow to
meet the increasing demands of a data-hungry world."
Folk said, "We sought someone with the experience, knowledge, and passion to
take us to that next level. The Board and I are elated to have found Dave. With
his strong technology management and engineering background, coupled with
repeated and consistent success in leading product development efforts and
software teams, he's just what we need for the job."
The HDF Group is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to advancing HDF
technologies to serve the needs of users in ever-changing computational
environments, while at the same time maintaining its commitment to ensure the
long-term accessibility of data stored in HDF. Located in the Research Park at
the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois, the company's website and
software may be found at https://www.hdfgroup.org/.
For more information, contact:
The HDF Group
1800 S. Oak St., Suite 203
Champaign, IL 61820
217-531-6101
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