Alexander Calhoun
Software Engineering Manager Performance And Scale Engineering For AI Platforms
Greater Boston United States
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Top SchoolAlexander Calhoun is a software engineering manager who leads Performance and Scale Engineering for AI Platforms at Red Hat, focused on making OpenShift AI production-ready with predictable throughput, latency, and scalability. With eight years in systems and performance roles, he specializes in benchmarking distributed AI architectures—LLMs, RAG pipelines, vector databases—and tuning inference engines like vLLM across heterogeneous cloud environments. He previously established performance discipline for safety-critical in-vehicle systems, bringing rigorous product ownership and risk-aware optimization to complex stacks. Alexander combines data-driven leadership with practical engineering: he builds benchmark frameworks, analyzes cross-provider variability, and integrates AI-driven analytics to accelerate root-cause analysis. Based in Greater Boston, he blends hands-on performance research with strategic roadmapping to help organizations deliver enterprise-grade AI platforms.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Arthur Hill High SchoolBachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Norwich UniversityHigh school diploma, High school diploma at Gulf Breeze High school
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Github Skills (52)
monitoring10
dashboard10
benchmarking10
performance-testing10
chuck10
mysql9
testing9
continuous-testing9
benchmark9
visualization9
analytics9
visualize9
kubernetes-operator9
grafana9
go9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
acalhounRH/benchmark-wrapper
Aug 2020 - Oct 2021
Python Library to run benchmarks
Contributions:295 pushes, 16 branches in 1 year 2 months
python-librarypythonbenchmarkingbenchmarkbenchmarks
acalhounRH/automated_ceph_test
May 2018 - Jun 2019
combination of Jenkins, ceph benchmarking tools and scripts that enable a user to automate the testing of ceph
Contributions:1635 commits, 18 PRs, 1482 pushes in 1 year
jenkinscombinationcontinuous-testingbenchmarkingdevops
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