Samuel Li is a seasoned storage and Unix systems expert with over 20 years of hands-on UNIX experience and a 12-year track record in customer-facing engineering roles across NetApp, Isilon, Qumulo, and VAST Data. He specializes in enterprise storage architectures (Isilon, NetApp), SAN/NAS, NFSv3/v4/v4.1, Kerberos, Oracle RAC, SMB and deep network/TCP/IP troubleshooting, often acting as escalation lead and SME. At Isilon he served as a technical team lead for global support, and today operates in the Office of the CTO at VAST Data, bridging field experience with strategic product insight. Known for calm, methodical problem resolution, he pairs deep protocol-level knowledge with practical customer success delivery. Based in Union City, California, he brings an engineer-first perspective to complex storage and network incidents, with a quiet track record of leading cross-functional technical escalations.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
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Bachelor of Science (BSc), Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Information Technology at De Montfort University
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