Matt Link is associate vice president for UITS Research Technologies and a center director for the Pervasive Technology Institute. Link has been with IU and UITS for more than 20 years and has worked at all levels of the organization. He has a wide range of experience in higher education technologies, from supporting faculty to managing large Unix systems, storage environments, and high-performance computing.

His deep understanding of cyberinfrastructure and how to support researchers informs his roles as principal investigator (PI) and co-PI on many grants and as a partner with IU researchers, enabling them to continue to lead in research excellence. His current role overseeing Research Technologies includes high-performance computing, data storage, visualization, and research collaborations.

Link is also an active member of the steering and executive committees for the IEEE/ACM Supercomputing Conference (SC), and has been involved with the conference since 2003.

Link is a retired volunteer fire fighter with many professional certifications. He applies those skills as an active member of IU’s Emergency Management team.