2024 BIG Math Network Steering committee

William Christian, Chair
CTO of Paygevity, Inc. and Research Mathematician for U.S. Dept of Defense

Derek Kane, Industry
Applied mathematician in communications and medical device industries

Josef Sifuentes, University
Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Gwen Spencer, Industry
Machine Learning Scientist, Netflix. Operations Research PhD with specialization in Optimization, Algorithms, and Mathematical Modeling.

Joseph Hart, University
Principal Member of the Technical Staff in the Department of Scientific Machine Learning at Sandia National Laboratories

John Zweck, University
Applied mathematician at the New York Institute of Technology with extensive experience doing collaborative research with physicists and engineers

Joel Nishimura, University
Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics, Assistant Director of Mathematical Sciences, School of Mathematica and Natural Sciences, Arizona State University

William T. Jamieson, Industry
Data scientist at Procter & Gamble focused on solving supply chain problems.

Lili Zhang, Industry
Senior AI and Machine Learning Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).

Viktoria Savatorova, University
Applied mathematician at Central Connecticut State University with experience in interdisciplinary research with engineers and recent involvement in mathematical biology.


Audrey Malagon, MAA
Mathematician who serves as the Senior Director for Programs at the Mathematical Association of America

Donna LaLonde, ASA

Richard Moore, SIAM
Director of Programs and Services at SIAM, oversees the development and delivery of various initiatives that advance the fields of applied mathematics and computational science

Bill Griffin, INFORMS
Oversees professional development and academic initiatives for INFORMS
