Owen Smith is a Software Engineering Manager at Netapp. He possess expertise in software engineering, java, distributed systems, software development, linux and 32 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "I had the good fortune of having Owen work for me for close to 3 years. Owen’s combined knowledge of backend and front end systems allow him to be valuable on nearly any project. Our environment was rapidly changing, and Owen quickly picked up our architecture and learned our local technologies, making himself valuable very quickly. Owen is also an excellent collaborator. He thinks ahead and asks probing questions and does a good job of mentoring junior staff members, and leading them… Show more" and "While managing Owen for over 3 years, I found him to be one of the brightest engineers I have worked with. His capacity to quickly parse complex problems and offer well reasoned solutions was of the highest quality. He showed a deep understanding of both theory (algorithms, data structures, etc.) and practice (Java, scripting, etc.). It was a pleasure to work with him and I would highly recommend for any future position in the software industry."