Benedikt Riedel
Global Computing Coordinator, Technical Coordinator, IT Director
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBenedikt Riedel is a seasoned technical leader with 14 years of experience orchestrating global computing for large scientific collaborations, currently directing infrastructure and strategy for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory from Madison, WI. He combines hands-on systems and DevOps expertise—contributing to high-profile open-source projects like Spack—with program-level responsibilities that include managing 50-person teams, vendor negotiations, and grant-funded initiatives totaling millions. His work spans building multi-petabyte data distribution and high-throughput compute platforms, adopting cloud-native practices (Kubernetes, CI/CD, OAuth2) and creating the largest cloud GPU pool for scientific workloads in 2019. A physicist by training (PhD, UW–Madison) who has operated at the South Pole, he uniquely bridges research requirements and production-grade engineering to deliver reproducible, scalable analytics on 175 TB/day of data. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic modernization roadmaps that reduce operational toil while enabling novel science.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Physics and Economics/Mathematics, 3.74/4, Bachelor of Science (BS), Physics and Economics/Mathematics, 3.74/4 at University of Southern CaliforniaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics, 3.551/4, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics, 3.551/4 at University of Wisconsin-Madison
German, English
Github Skills (11)
build-tools10
package-management10
python9
c-language8
cprogramming-language8
openssl7
linux7
cmake7
hpc6
x116
zlib6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
spack/spack
Nov 2017 - Jan 2018
A flexible package manager that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers.
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:6 commits, 10 PRs, 46 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Benedikt primarily contributes to the Spack package manager by adding dependencies, resolving build issues, and improving portability. They addressed dependency issues for several packages including `root`, `xrootd`, and `globus-toolkit` by adding or updating dependencies. The user also added features like virtual machine support for `openblas` and made changes to improve build configurations in `geant4`, enhancing the tool's flexibility and addressing portability concerns.
compilerspythonradiussplatformslinux
WIPACrepo/docker-icecube-icetray
Nov 2022 - Feb 2023
Contributions:81 commits, 3 PRs, 215 pushes in 2 months
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