Martina Barnas founded Tato LLC. She was also an Adjunct Professor of Computer Sciencee at Indiana University Bloomington Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering where she served as a Research Dean from 2016 to 2019. She is an experienced leader with over 20 years of practice in research and development spanning the private sector and academia. She holds a Ph.D. in Physics from The Ohio State University where she worked with Nobel Laureate Kenneth G. Wilson on an innovative theoretical approach to determine properties of particles. Her expertise in mathematical physics and computing led to cutting edge research and development in computing technology, with progressively increasing responsibility. She was the Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of MNB Technologies, Inc where she secured over $1.4M in funding for this small business, including a 40% success rate for funding through Department of Defense (DoD) Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants. She served as the Director of Research Collaborations and later the Senior Assistant Dean for Research at the Indiana University Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering (SICE), where under her leadership SICE award revenue increased by 13.2% to over $14M in 2018. As the Research Dean she built on her private sector experience to increase the research profile of SICE and diversify its funding portfolio. She established research collaborations with the Naval Warfare Surface Center (NSWC) Crane with efforts that resulted in 4 Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) and two micro-grants in the first year. She served as a member of the Steering Committee for the US AirForce Science and Technology 2030. Additionally, she was the Program Chair for the 8th IEEE/TCCP Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Computing Education (EduPar) 2018 and the Program Vice Chair for the EduPar 2019. Dr. Barnas has authored or co-authored over 40 papers in theoretical physics, distributed computing, and education.