David Slik
Research Scientist at SNIA
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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SeniorDavid Slik is a research scientist and technology leader with over two decades of experience building and standardizing large-scale distributed storage and object systems. He has co-founded a successful storage startup, guided R&D and advanced technology teams at NetApp, and now leads industry-facing storage research at 2012 Laboratories. An active contributor and co-chair within SNIA and participant in NVMe standards, he pairs deep protocol and systems expertise with a rare track record of technology transfer, patents (80+), and product commercialization. His background spans embedded systems, medical imaging (DICOM/PACS), computational storage, and IoT/IIoT—plus a hands-on hobbyist practice building IIoT networks and Eurorack synth modules that keeps his hardware instincts sharp. Based in Vancouver, he combines strategic consulting, team leadership, and hands-on architecture to simplify complex problems into deployable, market-ready solutions.
10 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (50)
benchmark10
surface10
stereo10
x-plane10
tla9
mesh9
spec9
neural-rendering9
quality-assurance9
docker9
volume-rendering9
storage9
refinement9
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
dslik/svg-gauge
Dec 2017 - Sep 2023
Contributions:3 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 9 months
dslik/cdmi-explorer
Nov 2017 - Mar 2024
Contributions:5 pushes in 6 years 4 months
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