PNNL

As interim Deputy Director for Science and Technology, Dr. Pike is responsible for stewarding Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)'s research and development (R&D) strategy to address critical challenges across the Laboratory’s missions in science, energy, and national security. His leadership establishes the scientific and management framework to maximize the technical quality and mission impact of programs and capabilities across PNNL. His office oversees PNNL's institutional science and technology investments, technology commercialization activities, strategic partnerships, and institutional planning. 

Prior to his current position, Dr. Pike was the Chief Science and Technology Officer (CSTO) for PNNL’s National Security Directorate. As CSTO, he led organizational vision and strategy for the national security mission in areas including nuclear science and security, artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computing, chem/biodefense, and systems engineering. He transformed the mission alignment of strategy through organizational processes that incorporated geopolitical and technological trends, market needs, and internal capability health into actionable plans that delivered mission impact for the nation. 

From 2014 to 2022, he was the Division Director for Computing and Analytics at PNNL, where he grew an R&D capability in advanced computing, AI, cybersecurity, and software engineering to nearly 550 staff members. In this role, he established the basis in research and operational delivery for PNNL’s nationally distinctive AI and applied computing capability and originated new approaches to attract computing talent to the national laboratory R&D mission and accelerate innovation to operational delivery. 

Since joining PNNL in 2005, he has led R&D programs in areas that include streaming analytics and machine learning, computational representation of scientific knowledge to support large-scale scientific collaboration, and applied mathematics for threat discovery. Many of these programs produced technical advances that were commercialized or transitioned into operational use across the national security community. 

He is a passionate advocate for data-driven decision-making and has helped organizations enhance their performance and strategic planning processes through predictive analytics. 

Dr. Pike’s research background is in data visualization and semantic computing. He holds a Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University and a B.A. from Carleton College.