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Karl D.
Sr Software Engineer / Performance & Security
Colorado Springs, CO, United States
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Experience:
Architect of security focused operating system development of HPE 3PAR/Primera Storage array. Primary responsibility on all aspects of drive encryption and its management. Primary security SME interface to all HPE storage vendors : Samsung, Seagate, Kioxia, Micron, SK Hynix. Responsible for integrating all SED drives into the 3PAR ecosystem and troubleshooting security related drive issues. 3rd party External Key Manager integration and custom development of Local Key Manager embedded inside Primera OS. Most recent work involves integration of Trusted Platform Module (TPM) with Primera OS. Agile/Scrum methodology.
➢ NVMe, SAS, and SATA
➢ TCG Opal, TCG Enterprise, KMIP protocols
➢ Primarily C language on Linux platform
➢ Industry standard development tools : Review Board, Git, Coverity, Nessus, Subversion, Collaborator
2018 : Present
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Master R&D Software Engineer, 3PAR Cybersecurity
Manager and technical leader of global team of performance and benchmarking experts
➢ Analysis of performance and power aspects of all Seagate SSD flash devices and Competitor Devices
➢ All flash storage types - SAS, SATA, NVMe. Enterprise, Client, Consumer
➢ Performance troubleshooting and design support to major customers e.g. Facebook, Microsoft, IBM
➢ Requirements setting and architectural planning, including modeling / projections
➢ Deep benchmarking using industry standard tools - FIO, Vdbench, IOmeter, others
➢ Performance and Power automation framework development in Perl and Python
➢ Analysis and issue isolation - OS, driver, kernel, file system, RAID adapter, storage unit
➢ Executive briefings to include guidance for corporate strategic direction
➢ Specialty in Quality of Service – I/O latency and its consistency
2012 : 2018
Seagate Corporation
Senior Manager / Engineering Lead, System Performance
Various leadership and software development positions
➢ Design Lead of user interface software team for the Enterprise Virtual Array.
➢ Android application development to facilitate handheld monitoring of HP storage arrays
➢ Development lead of array firmware simulation framework which allowed UI development in parallel to hardware
➢ Senior manager with an average of 8 direct reports, but at one time up to 28 reports
➢ Presentations to executive management and conference sized audiences
➢ Competitive analyst specializing in EMC, NetApp storage arrays
2002 : 2012
Hewlett-Packard
Master Technologist
➢ NVMe, SAS, and SATA
➢ TCG Opal, TCG Enterprise, KMIP protocols
➢ Primarily C language on Linux platform
➢ Industry standard development tools : Review Board, Git, Coverity, Nessus, Subversion, Collaborator
2018 : Present
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Master R&D Software Engineer, 3PAR Cybersecurity
Manager and technical leader of global team of performance and benchmarking experts
➢ Analysis of performance and power aspects of all Seagate SSD flash devices and Competitor Devices
➢ All flash storage types - SAS, SATA, NVMe. Enterprise, Client, Consumer
➢ Performance troubleshooting and design support to major customers e.g. Facebook, Microsoft, IBM
➢ Requirements setting and architectural planning, including modeling / projections
➢ Deep benchmarking using industry standard tools - FIO, Vdbench, IOmeter, others
➢ Performance and Power automation framework development in Perl and Python
➢ Analysis and issue isolation - OS, driver, kernel, file system, RAID adapter, storage unit
➢ Executive briefings to include guidance for corporate strategic direction
➢ Specialty in Quality of Service – I/O latency and its consistency
2012 : 2018
Seagate Corporation
Senior Manager / Engineering Lead, System Performance
Various leadership and software development positions
➢ Design Lead of user interface software team for the Enterprise Virtual Array.
➢ Android application development to facilitate handheld monitoring of HP storage arrays
➢ Development lead of array firmware simulation framework which allowed UI development in parallel to hardware
➢ Senior manager with an average of 8 direct reports, but at one time up to 28 reports
➢ Presentations to executive management and conference sized audiences
➢ Competitive analyst specializing in EMC, NetApp storage arrays
2002 : 2012
Hewlett-Packard
Master Technologist
Company:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
About
Accomplished senior engineer with a broad leadership, architectural, and software development background. A proven history of collaborative teamwork in full life cycle development of complex systems in a global team environment. Technical advisor to executive levels and versed in the most challenging end customer management. An expert in various aspects of data storage, especially data at rest encryption, key management, and performance.
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