Education

• B.S. in Computer Science, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2019
  • Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, Dean’s List
• Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2025 (expected)

Work experience

• Summer 2019: Kernel Engineering Intern

  • TidalScale, Inc.
  • Functional Hypervisor Testing: Designed and built a functional hypervisor test facility using a custom Linux kernel module and device driver.
  • Model-Specific Register Support: Utilized hypervisor test mechanism to implement and verify emulation for model-specific registers in the TidalScale hyperkernel.
  • Virtual CPU Migrations: Optimized virtual CPU migration algorithms and data structures in order to reduce migration packet size, improve code readability, and optimize maintability.
  • VMCS Compatibility: Developed kernel mechanism for verifying compatibility of virtual machine control structures between servers in a TidalScale cluster.

• Summer 2018: Software Engineering Intern

  • TidalScale, Inc.
  • Server Management Tools: Developed management, migration, and deployment tools for WaveRunner servers.
  • WaveRunner: Worked with large code base in C and Go to identify and eliminate bugs. Implemented version feature enhancement and provided support for internal NAS feature.
  • Server and Network Admin: Configured and deployed WaveRunner server clusters; setup and administrated network infrastructure including switches and servers. Collaborated with sales engineers to provide support for customer installations.
  • Documentation: Developed and documented best practices for TidalScale Admin Guide.

Skills

• Languages: C, C++, Python, Go, Java, Assembly, Bash
• Technologies: FreeBSD, Linux, Git, Docker, CircleCI, SPDK, QEMU