| http://gaul.org/ andrew@gaul.org |
(415) 533-5493 | 96 Walter St. San Francisco, CA 94114 |
Systems programmer with a strong background in Linux and other free software. Interests include early-stage startups, optimization and scalability problems, and technical leadership opportunities.
| Riverbed Technology | Member of the Technical Staff | 2006 - present |
Currently working on a novel cloud storage and network acceleration technology.
File system engineer for Atlas 1.0, a deduplicating storage appliance. Implemented algorithms for large-window data compression and designed data structures for efficient indexing and storage of compressed data. Made fundamental contributions to segmentation and garbage collection algorithms, improving performance and space efficiency. Provided key performance enhancements, realizing 2-10x speedups on various workloads via algorithmic improvements and assembly-level optimizations. Implemented file system check and fuzz tester which found dozens of bugs and memory leaks.
Device framework engineer for Steelhead 3.0-5.0, a network optimization appliance. Technical lead for implementing Python language bindings and modernizing command-line interface, supervising one junior engineer and one intern. Redesigned Berkeley DB-based statistics subsystem, realizing a 100x performance improvement, substantial space savings, and simplified garbage collection. Integrated SSL acceleration, the Proxy File Service, transparent CIFS prepopulation, and encrypted storage with various system services.
| Tabernus | Software Engineer | 2004 - 2006 |
Lead engineer for the Tabernus E800, disk refurbishing hardware capable of requalifying dozens of hard drives simultaneously. Features include hot-swapping, configurable tests including S.M.A.R.T., and network expandability. Designed and implemented Disk Purge, a bootable Linux CD for securely erasing storage devices. Added tape functionality, including SCSI commands and performance tests, to NorthstarADT, a Windows-based tool for designing and testing storage devices.
| United Devices (now Univa UD) | Software Development Intern | 2002 |
Implemented installer and related utilities for the MetaProcessor Platform, management software for distributed computing.
| HRL Laboratories | Research Associate | 2002 |
Designed and implemented device driver using netfilter which simulates wireless network faults, e.g., dropouts and interference.
| Trilogy | Software Development Intern | 2001 |
Implemented a customer relationship manager prototype using JavaServer Pages and an in-house object database.
| University of Texas at Austin | BS Computer Sciences | 1997 - 2002 |
Studies included undergraduate research with the Real-Time Systems Group, supervised by Dr. Aloysius Mok.
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