Mike Witkowski Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas Area

For the last several years, I have been part of a team of technologists developing the strategy and architecture for industry standard memory semantic fabrics and interconnect technology beginning with Gen-Z and now Compute Express Link (CXL). CXL supports the interconnect of CPUs, memory (volatile, non-volatile, and persistent storage class), accelerators (GPUs, FPGA, etc.), I/O, and storage components. CXL is scalable from single computer systems, to modular enclosures, to rack-scale systems.… Show more For the last several years, I have been part of a team of technologists developing the strategy and architecture for industry standard memory semantic fabrics and interconnect technology beginning with Gen-Z and now Compute Express Link (CXL). CXL supports the interconnect of CPUs, memory (volatile, non-volatile, and persistent storage class), accelerators (GPUs, FPGA, etc.), I/O, and storage components. CXL is scalable from single computer systems, to modular enclosures, to rack-scale systems. I have developed numerous white papers that were posted to the Gen-Z consortium website and have developed a series of presentations about CXL technology and solutions for HPE internal audiences, as well as those for HPE customers. I am currently actively leading the development of POC and prototype CXL-enable solutions that will drive the design and architecture of HPE's future CXL-enabled product lines. To learn more, see the CXL Consortium website at http://computeexpresslink.org. Prior to Gen-Z I served as the primary architect of the networking and fabric subsystems for the new HPE Synergy system. I conceived and developed the central/satellite switch architecture for Synergy that enables cost effective, high performance expansion of an Ethernet fabric across multiple Synergy frames. Prior to Synergy, I led the HPE Server group's strategy and architecture for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and HPE's Virtual Connect product line for HPE's c-Class Blade Server platform. Currently, I am part of the Advanced Development (CTO) team in HPE's Compute Business Unit (BU). Show less

Houston, Texas

Co-founded CipherMax, Inc. (formerly MaXXan Systems, Inc.) to develop intelligent storage networking systems and their complimentary management tools. CipherMax is concentrated on the development of secure storage solutions that provide access control and encryption services. These solutions included a family of products that scaled from SMB deployments up to the largest enterprise-class data centers. My role as CTO involved the management of the development plan and roadmap for… Show more Co-founded CipherMax, Inc. (formerly MaXXan Systems, Inc.) to develop intelligent storage networking systems and their complimentary management tools. CipherMax is concentrated on the development of secure storage solutions that provide access control and encryption services. These solutions included a family of products that scaled from SMB deployments up to the largest enterprise-class data centers. My role as CTO involved the management of the development plan and roadmap for CipherMax solutions, as well as acting as an evangelist for storage network-based, enterprise-class storage security. In addition, I am actively participated in storage security related standards activities. Show less

Houston, Texas

Primarily responsible for the architecture definition and high level design of advanced storage applications for the company’s line of intelligent switches. Developed the architecture and design of our second generation switch hardware to support these applications. This architecture encompassed a complete pizza box to director product line based on a common hardware/software technology set. Adapted this architecture to accommodate blade server technology into our director-class… Show more Primarily responsible for the architecture definition and high level design of advanced storage applications for the company’s line of intelligent switches. Developed the architecture and design of our second generation switch hardware to support these applications. This architecture encompassed a complete pizza box to director product line based on a common hardware/software technology set. Adapted this architecture to accommodate blade server technology into our director-class products.Responsible for the CipherMax patent portfolio. Acted as program manager for numerous releases of product. Was the primary technology evangelist for high level customer and OEM meetings. Helped land over 60 customers that bought and deployed our products. Generated the vast majority of technical content used for customer, marketing, investor, and training presentations. Show less

Houston, Texas

Responsible for the design and development of the software for our intelligent SAN switch product line. Built SW group from scratch to include thirty eight engineers in two development locations (Houston, TX and San Jose, CA). Performed a good deal of the early VxWorks port, network subsystem and boot ROM development. Created architecture and functional specifications. Made significant contributions to the hardware architecture of the company’s products in order to facilitate optimum software… Show more Responsible for the design and development of the software for our intelligent SAN switch product line. Built SW group from scratch to include thirty eight engineers in two development locations (Houston, TX and San Jose, CA). Performed a good deal of the early VxWorks port, network subsystem and boot ROM development. Created architecture and functional specifications. Made significant contributions to the hardware architecture of the company’s products in order to facilitate optimum software implementation. Conceived the strategy to support both port-level and appliance-based storage applications in our product set. Show less

Houston, Texas

Was responsible for creating the architecture and specifying the high level design of a variety of products in the server, networking, and computer storage markets. Was responsible for the hardware design of several of these products including board level and FPGA/CPLD design. Was responsible for the research of new technologies and identification of companies that Compaq could partner with to provide innovative solutions to the market.

Stafford, Texas

Designed and developed operating system drivers and embedded communication protocol software for TI’s Token-Ring LAN controller chip sets.

Bs, Computer Science

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Bs, Electrical Engineering

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