Lonnie Leger

About Lonnie Leger

2013] co-Principal Investigator, “CC-NIE Network Infrastructure: Bridging, Transferring and Analyzing Big Data over 10Gbps Campus-Wide Software Defined Networks”. Funding is from NSF Award (#13•••08) for the amount of $947,860.[2012] co-Principal Investigator, “CC-NIE Network Infrastructure: CADIS - Cyberinfrastructure Advancing Data-Interactive Sciences”. Funding is from NSF for the amount of $499,758.[20••••03] Principal Investigator, “Louisiana’s Cyber Connectivity via LONI: LSU Subcontract”. Funding is from Louisiana Board of Regents in the amount of $570,117.[2010 - present] Leger serves a member of the Internet2 Research Advisory Council. The Research Advisory Council (RAC) is responsible for advising the Board and management on matters relating to Internet2\'s support for research, both network-focused research and disciplinary research that makes use of the network as a tool.[2010] Principal Investigator and Project Manager for the $80.5M BTOP Infrastructure Award.[2009 – present] Leger serves as a board member of The Quilt. The Quilt, a coalition of 30 advanced regional network organizations, is a dynamic forum where leaders from throughout the advanced research and education network community build on the intellectual capital and best practices of network service providers worldwide.[2005 – present] In 2004, the Governor of Louisiana committed $40 million over 10 years to fund the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI). Through this initiative, leaders of Louisiana’s higher education community have constructed a 10-40 Gb/s optical network connecting all of the research universities across the state and have installed high-performance computers (aggregate 80 TFlops) across this network to support collaborative computational science research. Leger was the inaugural employee for LONI and has been intimately involved in LONI since its inception and is currently serving as its Director of Networking. Specialties: CCIE 5446

Experience

1. Executive Director

   Loni - Louisiana Optical Network Infrastructure

   Jul 2014 — Present · Baton Rouge, LA, US

Education

• University of Louisiana at Lafayette

  Bachelor's Degree, Electrical Engineering

  1984 — 1989