CEPH
KEY PARTNERSHIPS
SAGE WEIL
TITLE : CEPH PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT , RED HAT
Sage Weil is the lead architect and co-creator of the Ceph open source distributed storage system . Sage helped design Ceph as part of his PhD research at the University of California , Santa Cruz . Since finishing in 2007 , he has continued to refine the system with the goal of providing a stable next generation distributed storage system for Linux . Sage co-founded Inktank in 2012 to bring enterprise-quality open source storage to the enterprise . After Red Hat acquired Inktank in 2014 , Sage has worked in Red Hat ' s Office of the CTO to improve Ceph and help shape Red Hat ' s overall storage strategy .
PHILIP WILLIAMS
TITLE : PRODUCT LEADER , CANONICAL
Philip is a Product Leader at Canonical responsible for Ceph and other storage solutions . He has over 15 years experience in the storage industry , having previously been responsible for storage infrastructure and products at a number of leading technology companies .
AARON JOUE
TITLE : CEO , AMBEDDED
Aaron Joue is the founder of Ambedded Technology . He is responsible for the business strategy and ensures the product development and support satisfy customers ' needs . He accumulated experience when he worked for the defense and information technology industry .
His experience spans product design , hardware , software , storage , computing , and Manufacturing .
Aaron founded Ambedded in 2012 to create an innovative platform for software-defined storage to improve energy efficiency , availability , and performance . Before this , he was ever an outstanding engineer , factory manager , and VP of product .
KYLE BADER
TITLE : DATA FOUNDATION ARCHITECT , RED HAT
Kyle is the Data Foundation Architect covering both OpenShift Data Foundation and Red Hat Ceph Storage products at Red Hat . His focus is at the intersection of open source , distributed storage systems , data engineering , and machine learning .
CRAIG CHADWELL
TITLE : VP OF PRODUCT , SOFTIRON
Craig has spent over a decade engineering , marketing , and leading product management of cloud and softwaredefined data center solutions . Craig has held positions at Lenovo , NetApp , and High Point University where he gained first-hand buyer and administration experience across the lifecycle of data center operations . Craig has degrees in computer science , history , political science , and business administration .
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