Summary
Andy Lerner is a seasoned Solution Architect with over a decade of experience designing and delivering large-scale data, analytics, and Hadoop-based platforms for enterprise customers. Based in Mill Valley, he has a deep track record at HPE and MapR building repeatable, high-performance solutions that span software, hardware, and cloud automation—often scripting deployment and test harnesses to validate performance at scale. He excels at bridging engineering and sales teams, translating complex performance and integration challenges into winning reference architectures and partner-ready solutions. Known for pragmatic automation (from Docker-based multi-node prototypes to AWS CloudFormation templates) and hands-on benchmarking, he brings both systems-level tuning and developer-friendly tooling to projects. A strong communicator and mentor, Andy combines low-latency storage and networking optimization expertise with an ability to quickly adopt new technologies and codify them into operational patterns.
11 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Los Angeles