Summary
Monte Lunacek is a data-driven engineering leader and Principal Investigator with 14 years of experience building distributed scientific software, digital twins, and decision-support tools for energy and transportation systems. Currently acting Group Manager for Digital Twins and Scientific Workflows at NREL (now National Laboratory of the Rockies), he leads multidisciplinary teams of ~15–40 researchers to deliver cloud/HPC hybrid workflows, simulation-driven analytics, and airport electrification roadmaps. He combines deep hands-on expertise in Python, React, and AWS serverless services with a research pedigree in parallel computing, reinforcement learning for CAVs, and large-scale neural network studies. Monte has a track record of turning complex HPC workflows into accessible web tools and visualizations (e.g., traffic and supply-chain digital twins) and balances strategic leadership with day-to-day technical contributions. Based in Frisco, CO, he brings academic rigor from a PhD in Computer Science to mission-driven applied research that directly informs transportation electrification decisions.
13 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at Colorado State University