Dayle Smith
Head Of Digital Transformation, Delivery Systems & Services
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDayle Smith is a science and technology leader with 24 years’ experience applying molecular and data science to complex manufacturing problems, currently heading Digital Transformation, Delivery Systems & Services at EMD Electronics in Portland. He blends deep domain expertise in multi-scale physics and statistical modeling with hands-on software contributions—such as implementing electron transfer calculations in the widely used NWChem computational chemistry package—to bridge research and production. Dayle has led advanced computing strategy at national labs and engineered lab-to-edge computing platforms at Intel, consistently translating HPC and scientific software into practical manufacturing and life‑science solutions. Known for uniting cross-disciplinary teams, he focuses on embedding data and digital capabilities into the fabrication value chain to improve productivity and culture. His PhD in physical chemistry underpins a rare mix of academic rigor and product-focused delivery.
24 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
The University of ArizonaBachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemistry, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemistry at The Evergreen State College
English
Github Skills (5)
fortran10
computational-chemistry10
linear-algebra9
quantum-chemistry9
numerical-methods8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
nwchemgit/nwchem
Nov 2001 - Apr 2003
NWChem: Open Source High-Performance Computational Chemistry
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:100 commits in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Dayle primarily focused on implementing and improving electron transfer (ET) calculations within the NWChem computational chemistry package. Their work involved creating and modifying Fortran subroutines within the `src/task` and `src/etrans` directories to calculate the electron transfer matrix element, Vba. The contributions included reading molecular orbital vectors and energies from files, utilizing integral APIs and fock builders, and incorporating various density screening methods. The ultimate goal appears to be a functional ET calculation module.
chemistryelectronic-structure-calculationsfenicshartree-fockcomputational-science
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