Aaron Gresch
Apache Storm PMC at The Apache Software Foundation
Urbana-Champaign Area United States
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Top SchoolAaron Gresch is an experienced software engineer and Apache Storm PMC with over 11 years in distributed systems and backend engineering, currently based in the Urbana-Champaign area. He has a long history of senior engineering and leadership roles across companies including Yahoo and Motorola, and holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical/Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. At Apache Storm he contributes performance and reliability improvements—such as HDFS blobstore optimizations, AsyncLocalizer fixes, and capacity metrics—that keep a high-profile stream-processing project robust in production. His work spans both product-facing systems and deep infrastructure plumbing, preventing configuration regressions and improving fault-tolerance. Known for pragmatic, low-level problem solving, he blends academic engineering training with hands-on operational experience in large-scale, real-time platforms.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Electrical/Computer Engineering, MS, Electrical/Computer Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Github Skills (9)
javas10
blob-storage10
hdfs10
distributed-systems10
apache-storm10
back-end-development10
blob-store10
java10
metric10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
apache/storm
Jul 2019 - Jul 2022
Apache Storm
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:170 reviews, 73 commits, 205 PRs in 3 years
Contributions summary:Aaron primarily focused on enhancing the Apache Storm project's functionality and performance. They addressed issues in the HDFS blobstore, optimizing blob existence checks and ensuring proper path creation. They also worked on preventing the overriding of system properties in the topology configuration. Furthermore, the user made multiple improvements in the AsyncLocalizer and implemented capacity metrics.
apachebig-datastormjavaapache-storm
agresch/storm
Dec 2017 - Apr 2024
Mirror of Apache Storm
Contributions:120 pushes, 124 branches, 1 comment in 6 years 5 months
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