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SNIA Developer Conference September 15-17, 2025 | Santa Clara, CA

Sessions 2025

Conference Sessions
Cloud Storage
Jason Goldschmidt

Jason Goldschmidt

Member of Technical Staff

Dell Technologies

Sustainability & Green
Chih-Tsung Huang

Chih-Tsung Huang

Senior Director

Cisco

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Wei-Jen Huang

Distinguished Engineer

Cisco

Magic Memory
Anil Godbole

Anil Godbole

MWG Co-Chair

CXL Consortium

AI/ML

Mohamad EL-Batal

Chief Technologist of Cloud Storage Systems

Seagate Technology

Data Architecture / Storage Architecture
Babar Khan

Babar Khan

AI Engineer and PhD Candidate

Independent

AI/ML
Cliff Tavares

Cliff Tavares

Senior Director Engineering

Keysight Technologies

Venkat Pullela

Venkat Pullela

Chief Technologist, Networking, USA

Keysight Technologies

Cloud Storage
Jeff Terrace

Jeff Terrace

Senior Staff Software Engineer

Google

Jim Pinkerton

Jim Pinkerton

Principal Engineer

Google

Magic Memory
Jason Molgaard

Jason Molgaard

Principal Storage Solutions Architect

Solidigm

Cloud Storage
David Slik

David Slik

Scientist

Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.

Emerging Technologies
Jim Handy

Jim Handy

General Director

Objective Analysis

Tom Coughlin

Tom Coughlin

President

Coughlin Associates

Data Architecture / Storage Architecture
Landsman Dave

David Landsman

Distinguished Engineer

Western Digital

Damien Le Moal

Damien Le Moal

Distinguished Engineer

Western Digital

Cloud Storage
Mariusz Barczak

Mariusz Barczak

Principal Engineer - Storage Software Architect

Solidigm

Magic Memory
Anisa Su

Anisa Su

Associate Engineer

Samsung

Adam Manzanares

Adam Manzanares

Director

Samsung

Magic Memory
Lee

Scott Lee

Principal Software Engineer Lead

Microsoft

Chet Douglas

Chet Douglas

Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft

Modeling & Simulation
Hemant Gaikwad

Hemant Gaikwad

Technical Staff

Dell Technologies

Rahul Vishwakarma

Rahul Vishwakarma

CTO

WorkOnward

Data Architecture / Storage Architecture
Curtis

Curtis Stevens

Strategist

Seagate Technology

Dave Craton

Dave Craton

Senior Staff Product Manager

Seagate Techology

File Systems & Protocols
Gewida

Mariam Gewida

Product Manager

Microsoft

Tanmay Pydisetti

Tanmay Pydisetti

Software Engineer

Microsoft

Data Security
Bill Gervasi

Bill Gervasi

Principal Memory Solutions Architect

MPS

Zhao

Junjian Zhao

Technical Marketing & Apps Engineering

MPS

Magic Memory
John Groves

John Groves

Technical Director

Micron Technology

Data Architecture / Storage Architecture
Howard Johnson

Howard Johnson

Technology Architect
--
Chair

Broadcom
--
INCITS/Fibre Channel Technical Committee

Mark Jones

Director of Technical Marketing
--
Chair

Broadcom
--
Fibre Channel Industry Association

AI/ML
Suresh Rajgopal

Suresh Rajgopal

SSD Systems Architect - DMTS

Micron Technology

Data Architecture / Storage Architecture
Clarete Crasta

Clarete Crasta

Principal Engineer

HPE

David Emberson

David Emberson

Senior Distinguished Technologis

HPE

Cloud Storage
Damien Le Moal

Damien Le Moal

Distinguished Engineer

Western Digital

Rick Kutcipal

Rick Kutcipal

At-Large Director, Board of Directors

SNIA SCSI Trade Association (STA)

File Systems & Protocols
Abhinav Agarwal

Abhinav Agarwal

Senior Software Engineer

Rubrik

n

Avishek Ganguli

Senior Software Engineer

Rubrik

Computational Storage
Jason Molgaard

Jason Molgaard

Principal Storage Solutions Architect

Solidigm

Solid State Storage Solutions
Allison Mike

Mike Allison

Senior Director - NAND Product Planning - Standards

Samsung

Prewitt Lee

Lee Prewitt

Director of Cloud Hardware Storage

Microsoft

Data Security
n

Vivek Kohli

Product Management

Self Employed

n

Rajeev Angal

Architect, Senior Director Cybersecurity

Self Employed

Computational Storage
Brian Atkinson

Brian Atkinson

Scientist

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Cloud Storage
Akshay Agrawal

Akshay Agrawal

Principal Product Manager

Microsoft

n

Preethi Thippeswamy

Product Manager

Microsoft

Data Security
Paul Suhler

Paul Suhler

Principal Engineer, SSD Standards
--
Security in Storage Working Group Chair

KIOXIA
--
IEEE

File Systems & Protocols
Stefan Metzmacher

Stefan Metzmacher

Software Architect

SerNet

Emerging Technologies
Ross Stenfort

Ross Stenfort

Hardware Systems Engineer

Meta

Prewitt Lee

Lee Prewitt

Director of Cloud Hardware Storage

Microsoft

Management
Nathan Hanford

Nathan Hanford

Computer Scientist

Livermore Computing Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

File Systems & Protocols
David Flynn

David Flynn

CEO, Co-Founder

Hammerspace

Computational Storage
Qing Zheng

Qing Zheng

Scientist

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Management
Jason Lee

Jason Lee

Scientist

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Sustainability & Green
Aakanksha Mathur

Aakanksha Mathur

Senior Staff Software Engineer

IBM ISDL

Soni

Bharti Soni

Senior Staff Software Engineer

IBM ISDL

AI/ML
Sathish Kumar M

Sathish Kumar M

Associate Technical Director

Samsung Semiconductor India Research

Cloud Storage
Daniel Gryniewicz

Daniel Gryniewicz

EnSoftware Development Manager, Object Storage

IBM

n

Yuval Lifshitz

Senior Technical Staff Member, Israel

IBM

File Systems & Protocols
Ralph Böhme

Ralph Böhme

Software Engineer

SerNet Samba Team

Modeling & Simulation
Khaled Diab

Khaled Diab

Senior Researcher

HPE

AI/ML
John Mazzie

John Mazzie

MTS, Systems Performance Engineer

Micron Technology

Keynote
James Kelly

James Kelly

VP Market Intelligence and Innovation

OCP Foundation

Cloud Storage
Adam Gray

Adam Gray

Principal Software Engineer
--
Cloud Object Storage (COS) Test Tools Provisional TWG Chair

IBM
--
SNIA

Michael Hoard

Michael Hoard

Chair for Cloud Storage Technologies (CST) community

SNIA

Sustainability & Green
Wayne Adams

Wayne Adams

SNIA Chairman Emeritus

Industry Advisor

Magic Memory
Moyes

William Moyes

Fellow

AMD

Shyam Iyer

Shyam Iyer

Distinguished Engineer
--
Technical Council, SDXI TWG Chair

Dell Technologies
--
SNIA

Data Security
Jeff Hilland

Jeff Hilland

Distinguished Technologist -- President / SPDM WG Co-chair

HPE

Brett Henning

Brett Henning

Security Architect
--
President / SPDM WG Co-chair

Broadcom
--
DMTF

Data Architecture / Storage Architecture
Daniel Helmick

Daniel Helmick

Principal Architect

Samsung

AI/ML
Curtis Ballard

Curtis Ballard

Strategist, Technology Enablement
--
Technical Counci

HPE
--
SNIA

AI/ML
Newburn

CJ Newburn

Distinguished Engineer

NVIDIA

n

Vikram Sharma Mailthody

Senior Research Scientist

NVIDIA

Data Architecture / Storage Architecture
Lee

Scott Lee

Principal Software Engineer Lead

Microsoft

Bromberger

Jeff Bromberger

Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft

Management
Jeff Hilland

Jeff Hilland

Distinguished Technologist -- President / SPDM WG Co-chair

HPE

Modeling & Simulation

Andy Banta

Storage Janitor

Magnition IO

scott

Scott Shadley

Director of Leadership Narrative and Evangelist

Solidigm

Magic Memory
Arun George

Arun George

Associate Technical Director

Samsung Semiconductor India Research

Roshan Nair

Roshan Nair

Staff Engineer

Samsung Semiconductor India Research, Bangalore

Data Architecture / Storage Architecture
Annmary Justine Koomthanam

Annmary Justine Koomthanam

Senior Research Engineer

HPE

Srikant Varadhan

Srikant Varadhan

Distinguished Technologist

HPE

File Systems & Protocols
Volker Lendecke

Volker Lendecke

Developer
--
Developer

SerNet GmbH
--
Samba Team

Management

Richelle Ahlvers

SM Chair, SNIA Vice Chair, and Swordfish TWG Chair
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Director of Ecosystem Enabling and Technology Initiatives

SNIA
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Intel

Data Architecture / Storage Architecture
Anthony Constantine

Anthony Constantine

Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Micron Technology

AI/ML
Chandra Guda

Chandra Guda

SSD Systems Architect - SMTS

Micron Technology

Suresh Rajgopal

Suresh Rajgopal

SSD Systems Architect - DMTS

Micron Technology

File Systems & Protocols
Christoph Hellwig

Christoph Hellwig

Kernel Hacker

[N/A]

Damien Le Moal

Damien Le Moal

Distinguished Engineer

Western Digital