Summary
Jeff Rule is a seasoned database engineering leader with over two decades of hands-on experience designing, optimizing, and operating relational systems using DB2, Oracle, and MySQL. As Director of Database Engineering at Fabric Genomics, he combines deep performance tuning and schema design expertise with SaaS-era operational practices developed during leadership roles at DemandTec and IBM. His background spans scientific data delivery at Lawrence Berkeley Labs to building interactive control systems for art and sculpture, revealing a blend of rigor and creative problem solving. Jeff is known for rescuing and modernizing legacy systems into scalable, maintainable platforms and for translating complex business requirements into efficient data architectures. Based in Oakland, he brings practical institutional knowledge from enterprise, research, and startup contexts and a knack for squeezing extra performance out of existing deployments. His career shows a consistent focus on analysis and optimization rather than flashy reboots, making him a go-to engineer for durable improvements.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Iowa State University
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Nesco High School, Zearing, IA
English, Chinese