Prof. Aspen Olmsted

Prof. Aspen Olmsted is an Assistant Professor and the Graduate program director at the College of Charleston. Aspen earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from The University of South Carolina.  Before his academic career, he was CEO of Alliance Software Corporation.  Alliance Software developed N-Tier enterprise applications for the performing arts and humanities market. Aspen’s research focus is on the development of algorithms and architectures for distributed enterprise solutions that can guarantee security and correctness, while maintaining high-availability.  In his Secure Data Engineering Lab at the College of Charleston, Aspen mentors over a dozen graduate and undergraduate students each year.