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 (38)
benchmarking10
kubernetes-operator10
performance-testing10
chuck10
mysql9
testing9
dashboard9
monitoring9
kubernetes9
analytics9
grafana9
go9
openshift9
prometheus9
data-visualization9
Programming languages (9)
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/snafu
Jul 2019 - Aug 2020
Contributions:1 PR, 229 pushes, 34 branches in 1 year
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