Summary
Rich Cahill is a Cloud Application and Datacenter Acceleration Engineer with over two decades of technology experience and 13 years focused on cloud and FPGA acceleration at Intel. He specializes in bringing FPGA/CPLD-based network and ML offload solutions into hyperscale clouds, combining deep hardware skills (Verilog/SystemVerilog, Intel PAC) with full-stack software expertise in React, Node.js, Go, Python, and AWS serverless/container architectures. Recognized for mobilizing cross-functional teams and evangelizing complex technical solutions, he pairs proposal and sales experience from Altera with hands-on driver, firmware, and SOC development. He has architected and deployed production cloud applications using GraphQL, DynamoDB, Lambda, and container platforms, and continues to build interactive projects—recently developing games in Unreal Engine 4. A confident presenter and relationship-builder, he brings a pragmatic, results-oriented approach informed by both field-facing sales roles and deep systems engineering. As a cancer survivor, he also brings resilience and perspective to long-term technical leadership.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering at University of California, Davis