Summary
Eric W is a Principal Infrastructure Engineer based in Palo Alto, California, with nine years of experience designing and managing high-availability infrastructure and consulting researchers on storage, networking, and compute resources. He concentrates on configuring and provisioning storage, networks, and compute resources for research programs, with hands-on expertise in server provisioning, configuration management, troubleshooting, monitoring, and security compliance across Linux and Windows environments. His technical repertoire includes Hadoop, OpenStack, vSphere, and LSF, and he routinely designs, provisions, and manages clusters and private cloud services, including 3PAR StoreServ storage and GreenLake. In roles at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and HP Labs, he leads Linux server lifecycle management, audits for compliance, and secures internet-facing services while supporting research projects. He holds an MS in Computer Science from USC and a BS in Math of Computation from UCLA, blending rigorous academic training with practical, production-focused execution.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at University of Southern California
University of California, Los Angeles
English, Chinese