Ashlie Martinez
PhD Candidate
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAshlie Martinez is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at the University of Washington with nine years of software engineering experience spanning research internships at Microsoft and roles at Google, IBM, Kasten, and UT Austin. She combines deep systems and storage expertise with practical backend engineering, notably contributing to the kopia open-source backup tool by improving filesystem snapshotting and iteration performance. Her background pairs dual BS degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science with MS work and ongoing PhD research, enabling a rigorous approach to building reliable, high-performance infrastructure. Colleagues would describe her as a pragmatic problem-solver who refactors for efficiency and quietly removes dependencies to simplify complex systems.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of WashingtonBachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin
Github Skills (7)
deduplication10
snap10
backup10
go10
snapshots10
snap-shot10
encryption9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
kopia/kopia
May 2022 - Jan 2023
Cross-platform backup tool for Windows, macOS & Linux with fast, incremental backups, client-side end-to-end encryption, compression and data deduplication. CLI and GUI included.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:41 reviews, 10 commits, 34 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Ashlie primarily contributed to the core functionality of the kopia backup tool, particularly focusing on the file system interface and snapshotting mechanisms. They implemented new features, such as a callback-based iteration function for directory entries, and refactored existing code to improve efficiency and remove unnecessary dependencies. The user's work also involved addressing and fixing a variety of bugs.
google-cloud-storagebackupclidata-deduplicationend-to-end
alcionai/kopia
May 2022 - Nov 2024
Cross-platform backup tool for Windows, macOS & Linux with fast, incremental backups, client-side end-to-end encryption, compression and data deduplication. CLI and GUI included.
Contributions:5 reviews, 15 PRs, 73 pushes in 2 years 6 months
backupclidata-deduplicationend-to-endgui
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