 Paul Schopis
Director of Networking
Paul Schopis is director of networking at the Ohio Supercomputer Center, where he is responsible for the operation and ongoing strategic development of OSCnet, the statewide optical fiber network.
In this role, Schopis led the design team that created OSCnet, which is considered the nation’s leading statewide, high-speed network dedicated to education, research and economic competitiveness. He was involved in all phases of fiber procurement, fiber testing, design of the optical plane and all layer2 and layer3 services. OSCnet uses a unique architecture that incorporates MPLS and Logical Routers.
Schopis previously served as senior engineer for Ohio’s Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center (ITEC-Ohio), a consortium of Ohio universities, government agencies, and corporate partners whose purpose is to examine critical new applications, infrastructure problems and emerging technologies.
In 2007, Schopis was selected to serve a two-year term on the executive committee of The Quilt, a national coalition of more than 20 leading U.S. research and education networking organizations. The Quilt coalition promotes consistent, reliable, interoperable and efficient advanced networking services that extend to the broadest possible community. Participating organizations provide network service for more than 200 Internet2 universities and thousands of other educational institutions.
Schopis was also a founding member of the Advanced Testing and Monitoring Team (A-Team), in partnership with ITEC-Ohio, ITEC-NC, Spirent, British Columbia Institute of Technology, and San Diego Supercomputing Center, for which he wrote the “Proof of Concept” WAN test. He also has written software that utilizes Poisson Randomized Distribution testing for network performance for the A-Team consortium, which was established to conduct independent network testing for a variety of institutions and technology vendors.
Schopis holds a bachelor’s degree from The Ohio State University in mathematics and physical science.
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