Chris Kurtz is the Director of Research Technology Infrastructure and Cybersecurity for the Research Technology Office in the Office of Knowledge Enterprise at Arizona State University. His areas of responsibility include developing and building infrastructure for ASU, ASU researchers, and associated projects as well as operational research cybersecurity. Recent projects include network architecture and cybersecurity for CXFEL/CXLS, building the ASU Quantum Networking Lab for the ASU-led Quantum Collaborative, and expanding the use of Google Cloud for KE.
Previously Chris was the Director of Public Cloud Engineering as well as the Splunk System Architect (and Evangelist) at ASU. He has been appointed as Splunk Trust Community MVP since it’s inception. Chris is a regular speaker on Splunk and Higher Education, including multiple presentations at Educause, Educause Security Professionals, and Splunk’s yearly “.conf" Conference. Prior to architecting Splunk, he was the Systems Manager of the Mars Space Flight Facility at ASU, a NASA/JPL funded research group, where he supported numerous Mars Missions including TES, THEMIS, and the Spirit and Opportunity Rovers. Chris lives in Mesa, Arizona along with his wife, rescue dogs and cat.