Ivan Lobachev is a Technical Marketing Engineer at Solidigm, where he focuses on driving awareness and adoption of advanced storage technologies, with a particular emphasis on storage for AI and next-generation I/O technologies. He holds a PhD in Computer Science with an emphasis on distributed systems and machine learning, bringing deep technical expertise to his work in communicating the value of emerging storage solutions. Ivan is an active participant in key industry standards bodies, including NVM Express and PCI-SIG, where he contributes to the development of the PCIe specification. Over his 10+ years in the industry, primarily in storage, Ivan has built a strong foundation across the technology stack — from silicon-level innovation to cloud-scale infrastructure. His career includes experience at Intel and AWS, giving him a broad perspective that spans semiconductor, enterprise storage, and hyperscale cloud environments.