Podcast – Episode 13:
A new shiny large-scale simulation tool for the SME toolbox
(Democratizing supercomputing power that’s easy to use, low cost, and on tap)
Whenever one reflects on huge steps in innovation, we usually see some disruptive democratizing of capabilities. Where the tools of the elite, and those with deep pockets, become available to the masses. Well, that’s what this Podcast is about! It’s about democratizing this ability to have large supercomputer platforms’ capabilities, brought to the toolbox of SME businesses.
“ … it’s just so difficult to go after the big prize right away. You want to set up an achievable development path that gets you some milestones and some wins along the way.”
In the context of this disruptive story is an interesting and passionate tech leader, David Freed. CTO of OnScale, a company leading the way in achieving the democratization of high-level computing for large scale simulation. David is a self-confessed computer engineering geek with a background in Physics, chemical engineering, and a Ph.D. in fluid dynamics (in the context of Nuclear waste disposal). A heady mix of subjects all converging on a passion for bringing disruption to a niche market, thus gifting groundbreaking capabilities to the SME market.
David shares his desires and vision for OnScales platform, his leadership style to achieve this, and what he wishes for tech leaders out there.
Key takeaways from the Podcast are:
- How novel solutions can bring historically expensive, out of reach capabilities to the masses by being bold, creative, and establishing cost-reducing ideas.
- How businesses can accelerate innovation through affordable large scale simulations (removing complexity and need for deep expertise)
- How to be a leader in a disruptive business and getting the best out of your teams
TDLR: Straight to the point
(Quick Links)
We all live busy lives, and sometimes a long Podcast is too much of a time-footprint for our busy schedules. So, to help you get to the bit you’re more interested in, use our table of contents below. Quick links to help you get straight to the point.
2. Introducing David Freed
3. David Freed's science background (Nuclear waste disposal)
4. OnScale the startup (the vision and funding)
5. The history of large scale simulations (the now and the future)
6. In the Cloud and Cloud-agnostic
7. The benefits of abstracting out the underlying Cloud provider
8. The target market for the solution OnScale is providing
9. The technology solution is all about reducing the cost for the customer (infrastructure and software)
10. Democratizing high-end simulations and making it easy
11. Designers and engineers able to focus on the problem and not needing to work on the simulation tool setup
13. Test, improve and iterate (Beta testing)
14. Truly listening to the customer
15. Leading engineers to be customer-centric
16. Making sure everyone is aligning to the vision and customer experience
17. Team setup and leadership style
18. Everyone on the team should care about everyone's feature success (Team culture)
19. Davids favorite part of his role (Cultures taking hold)
20. David Freed's key takeaways for the tech leaders out there
21. TC Gill's reflections and key takeaways