David Penry
Senior Principal Engineer at Arm
Chandler, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Penry is a Senior Principal Engineer at Arm with deep expertise in microarchitectural simulation, performance analysis, and digital VLSI design, backed by 15+ years of published simulation research and three taped-out designs. He blends industrial practice (six years in VLSI design) with over a decade of academic teaching and research, including a PhD from Princeton and faculty experience at Brigham Young University. At Arm he leads microarchitectural performance evaluation, translating compiler and architecture insights into measurable silicon and system improvements. Known for rigorous simulation methodology and clear technical communication, he has a strong record of publishing, presenting, and mentoring engineers. Based in Chandler, Arizona, he combines hands-on hardware delivery with a rare depth in both microarchitecture and compilation techniques.
5 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
BSE/MS, BSE/MS at Case Western Reserve UniversityMBA, MBA at The Ohio State University Fisher College of BusinessMA/PhD, MA/PhD at Princeton University
Spanish, German, Welsh
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Github Skills (7)
compiler10
modular10
clang10
toolchain10
llvm10
cling3
llvm-ir3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
llvm/llvm-project
Apr 2022 - Mar 2025
The LLVM Project is a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies.
Contributions:9 reviews, 9 pushes, 7 comments in 2 years 11 months
compilerstechnologiesclangsubmittoolchain
chapuni/llvm-project-legacy
Nov 2020 - Aug 2022
Contributions:13 commits in 1 year 9 months
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