Martin Blitz is a Principal Software Engineer with 30+ years designing and shipping fault-tolerant storage and systems software for both startups and Fortune 500s, currently driving architecture at Advisor360. His career spans low-level kernel and firmware work through distributed storage appliances, cloud-native orchestration, and performance-optimized host-side caching, with deep experience in C/C++, Java, Verilog and hardware/ASIC design. He has repeatedly led small, cross-functional teams to turn research and prototypes into production products—most notably contributions that fed VMware’s Virtual Storage Appliance lineage. Known for plumbing complex subsystems end-to-end, he combines hands-on optimization (e.g., porting profiling tools to ESXi) with strategic evaluation of emerging technologies like Kubernetes ecosystems. Based in Sutton, MA, he brings rare breadth from ASIC-level design to multi-tenant cloud management and a consistent pattern of translating experimental prototypes into commercial systems.
8 years of coding experience
38 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at University of Vermont
Incomplete double major Computer Science and Electical Engineering, Incomplete double major Computer Science and Electical Engineering at Northeastern University
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