Dayne Broderson promoted to senior technologist and senior advisor
Dayne Broderson stands in front of art creations in his office that he made on his own and with others, showcasing his love of art and maps.
April 23, 2025
By Yuri Bult-Ito
Dayne Broderson has moved into a new position as ACEP’s senior technologist and senior advisor.
Broderson was formerly program administrator for the Office of Naval Research-funded ARCTIC program, serving as the project lead for two of the major endeavors at ACEP: the , or ARCTIC, program; and the Modeling of Converter Dominated Power System project.
Since joining ACEP in 2018, Broderson has supported technology innovation and workforce development. His efforts led to the creation and growth of the cyberdata team and attracted research in networked (data exchange between computers and servers across a network) and computational (data processing, storage and communication) technologies and information security.
“Dayne’s new role within ACEP aligns with his passions and will allow him to focus more fully on areas such as mentoring to develop new capacity for solving technical challenges in the sphere of energy research. This is the work that Dayne naturally gravitates to,” said ACEP Director Jeremy Kasper.
In his new role, Broderson will advise on technology initiatives and lead research on cyber-physical systems — systems that integrate physical (hardware) and computational (algorithms) components to monitor and control physical processes seamlessly — as a principal investigator.
He will also manage the ACEP CyberPod team, a cohort of undergraduate student technologists. They bridge research and education through testing, evaluating and solving real-world problems while leading hands-on, play-, project- and place-based learning experiences for high school students and community partners across Alaska.
Broderson will continue to advise ACEP and the newly formed ARCTIC committee on technology and networking topics.
“I’m most excited about helping ACEP and our partners navigate the space between what’s possible in theory and what works in practice, especially in the environments Alaskans live and work in daily,” Broderson said. “I love empowering students, researchers and community partners to use technology as a tool and something they can shape, adapt and make their own.”
Leasi Vanessa Lee Raymond, ACEP’s deputy director for strategic initiatives, shares his excitement.
“I’m truly delighted to see Dayne step into the senior technologist role and to lead research initiatives for ACEP in this area in his own right,” she said.
With a B.S. in computer science from UAF, Broderson has performed general and technical management, program development, and data and IT systems development at UAF. He played a significant role in the appStatewide Digital Mapping Initiative, which created Alaska’s first modern imagery and elevation maps, combining satellite, aerial and early drone imagery.