Bo Gan
Staff Engineer at VMware
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBo Gan is a Staff Engineer at VMware with 11 years of experience specializing in Linux kernel development, hypervisor platforms, profiling and low-level debugging. Based in Seattle, he blends systems research (MS from Columbia) with hands-on engineering, contributing to projects like VMware's Photon where he automated and hardened build, install and deployment tooling for minimal container hosts. He has deep practical expertise in installer and EFI boot issues, RPM transaction fixes, and performance tuning across architectures including RISC-V. Known for digging into kernel internals and tooling, he pairs platform-level curiosity with production-focused automation to move complex virtualization features from prototype to reliable release.
11 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Columbia University in the City of New YorkHong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Github Skills (10)
sh10
script10
shell10
scripting10
build-automation10
image10
boot9
configurations9
rpm8
iso7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
vmware/photon
Apr 2017 - Dec 2022
Minimal Linux container host
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:179 commits, 3 comments in 5 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Bo primarily focused on automating build, install and deployment processes. They implemented and maintained scripts for tasks, including those for installing an ISO image. They addressed issues related to the installer, including fixing rpm transaction and creating EFI boot entry. Furthermore, the user modified the build script log and optimized the installation process.
containershostlinuxdockercontainer-linux
ganboing/clic-config
Sep 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:18 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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