Adam Manzanares is a director-level systems software leader with 13 years of experience focused on storage systems, high-performance computing, and I/O performance research and development. He has progressed from academic research and postdoctoral work on PLFS and checkpoint compression to industry roles driving storage innovation at Western Digital and Samsung Electronics. Known for bridging deep research (PhD from Auburn) with production engineering, he has led teams that translate I/O and file-system breakthroughs into deployable products. Based in San Jose, he combines a strong academic pedigree and teaching experience with hands-on expertise in energy-efficient storage, prefetching/caching, and transformative I/O techniques. An uncommon strength is his track record of moving novel storage research into operational use at national labs and large-scale storage vendors.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
PhD Computer Science & Software Engineering, PhD Computer Science & Software Engineering at Auburn University
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