- VM-Operator, which allows lifecycle management of VMs and other vSphere resources with Kubernetes native CRDs.- Primary focus is on Guest OS Customization for VMs that are being lifecycle managed by Kubernetes, integrating closely with vmtools and cloud-init.- Developed the image building pipeline and publishing CDN for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service, aka TKGs. - Go, Python

- vCenter/ESXi, focused on feature development for VM lifecycle operations such as vMotion and Clone. - Developed and shipped InstantClone, aka VMFork, that allows rapid forking of a running VM, leveraging copy-on-write for the memory and disk states allowing fast and efficient operation as well as high VM densities in the datacenter. - Point of contact for all things InstantClone within the company and also externally, helping with customer PoCs. - Liaison for VMware Horizon VDI which depended on InstantClone, coordinating feature development and bug fixes spanning vSphere and Horizon.- Patented Autonomously reproducing and destructing virtual machines.- C++, C, Python, Java, Ruby

- Designed a cloud-native network security as-a-service, from initial PoC to scalable production deployment on AWS. - Developed the proxy, load balancer, and pluggable framework for malware scanning and intrusion detection, focused on the low level network stack, TCP termination, and HTTP parser.- Designed a new mesh-overlay protocol for the data plane, allowing worker nodes to load-balance flows among themselves in a distributed manner.- Integrated the service with existing Juniper SRX products. - C, C++, Python, Javascript

- Cisco Intrusion Prevention System, focused on deep packet inspection, protocol decoding engine, custom memory allocator, and performance improvements.- Designed and implemented an evasion resistance and high performance HTTP analysis engine from scratch.- Developed a tool for malware signature conversion and validation.- Developed a real-time visualization system for network attack telemetry feeds. - Worked on Cisco ASA 5585-X IPS SSP and ASA 55xx IPS SSP appliances. - C++, C, Python, Ruby, Javascript

- Designed and developed a fully automated image analysis and organization engine for personal photos.- Developed a cross-platform desktop client for photo synchronization and analysis, with wxWidgets.- Integrated OpenCV for feature detection and PittPatt facial recognition.- Developed scalable RESTful backend, deployed with MongoDB, Memcached, EC2, S3 and SQS.- C++, Python, Javascript, Java

- Designed and developed an image analysis engine for personal photo organization service.- Developed a scalable RESTful backend, deployed with PostgreSQL, Memcached, EC2, S3.- C++, Python

- Ported Automatic Signature Extraction collector and dependencies from Linux to Cisco AXP Platform.- C++, Python, Perl

- PoC a method for stealth wiretapping and data injection on twisted pair ethernet.- Won Computational Sciences Session for 2008 Student Research Week.

- Prototyped ElephantTrap, a system for efficient detection of large flows for network anomaly detection.- Automatic Signature Extraction feature development and bug fixes on Cisco IOS.- C++, C, Python

- Administered faculty and student computing and networking resources. - Automated provisioning and customization of new PCs for classrooms and labs.

- Administered of staff computing and networking resources. - Automated processing of field survey data to AutoCAD.

- Assisted and implemented robotics for graduate research projects.