Summary
Matthew Malensek is an academic leader and systems-focused computer scientist with 13 years of experience designing and teaching distributed, parallel, and cloud-native systems. As Academic Director of CS graduate programs and Associate Professor at the University of San Francisco, he blends rigorous research (PhD, Colorado State) with practical curriculum development to prepare students for real-world scalable infrastructure challenges. His background spans hands-on roles from Unix systems administration to research on data-intensive stream processing and fault tolerance, giving him deep operational empathy for production systems. Based in San Francisco, he is known for translating complex distributed-systems concepts into teachable, deployable solutions that bridge academia and industry.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at Colorado State University