BOB MEISNER

Bob Meisner is the Deputy Director of the Office of Advanced Computing and Simulation (ASC) at the National Nuclear Security Administration. The ASC Office is responsible for providing the simulation capabilities required to maintain a safe, secure and reliable nuclear weapons stockpile.

Mr. Meisner joined the Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI) program in 1996 as the Director of the Office of Stockpile Computing, while an active duty Air Force officer. Following a two year hiatus, and retirement from the Air Force, he returned to the program in 2002. During his 27 years in the Air Force Mr. Meisner led a variety of software development, and computer and communications operations activities, including serving as chief of the Air Force Weapons Laboratory supercomputer operation in 1983.

Mr. Meisner graduated from Northeast Louisiana University in 1974 with a bachelor’s degree in computer science, and earned a master’s degree in computer technology from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1981.