Kevin Gaffney
Senior Applied Scientist at Microsoft
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Gaffney is a Senior Applied Scientist at Microsoft Gray Systems Lab with a decade of engineering and research experience focused on building database systems optimized for modern and emerging hardware. He recently completed a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison under Jignesh Patel, where his work bridged systems research and practical performance engineering. Kevin has industry experience from internships at LinkedIn and data engineering roles, and his background in both biochemistry and computer science gives him a cross-disciplinary perspective on complex problem solving. Based in Barcelona, he brings research rigor to applied cloud data challenges and a track record of translating academic ideas into production-minded solutions.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-MadisonBachelor's degree, Biochemistry and Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Biochemistry and Computer Science at University of Oklahoma
Github Skills (50)
parser8
sql-parser8
lexer8
push-notifications7
storage7
crashlytics7
android7
sql7
firestore7
firebase7
react7
extensible7
rust7
receipt-validation6
database6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
UWHustle/hustle-in-Rust-now-defunct
Oct 2018 - Oct 2019
Hustle
Contributions:66 commits, 45 PRs, 328 pushes in 1 year
rustrust-languagerustlang
UWHustle/sqlite-past-present-future
Jan 2022 - Jun 2022
Contributions:58 commits, 33 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
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