Frank Yang
Co-founder at Platina Systems
Cupertino, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFrank Yang is a veteran hardware and systems architect turned founder, bringing over two decades of experience designing high-performance networking and data center platforms. As Co-founder and CTO of Platina Systems, he leads product architecture for a software-defined private cloud stack that turns open-source building blocks like Ceph into turnkey, low-TCO enterprise services. Previously he ran hardware engineering for Brocade and led Foundry Networks’ development of the industry's first 10GbE switches and ODM model, managing large teams and multi-project roadmaps at scale. His early work at Ciena on pluggable optics and OC-192 modules helped shape modern optical transport, and he holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford. Unusually for a founder with deep networking pedigree, he couples system-level strategy with hands-on delivery—often bringing complex hardware products from concept to production in compressed timelines.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyPh.D. Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering at Stanford University
english, chinese
Github Skills (20)
malloc8
software-design7
cgo7
blackbox5
golang5
embedded5
blockchain5
testing5
charts3
ospf3
packet3
quickfix3
continuous-deployment3
kubernetes2
helm2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
platinasystems/website
Jun 2019 - Oct 2021
platina.io website and documentation repo
Contributions:2 PRs, 12 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 4 months
blockchain
platinasystems/devops
Nov 2019 - Dec 2022
Deployment scripts and Helm Charts
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
continuous-deploymentchartshelmdeploymenthelm-charts
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