Chris Petersen is a highly skilled data center and server design architect, with extensive experience in both hardware and software development. He has degrees from Cornell University in both Electrical and Computer Engineering, which he has applied to a career in the technology industry. Currently, Petersen is a Hardware Systems Engineer at Facebook, where he focuses on developing and integrating CPUs, memory, accelerators, networking, and storage. Prior to his tenure at Facebook, Petersen worked as a Senior Systems Engineer at Dell, where he led Data Center Solutions. In addition, he has held positions as a Systems Engineer and Hardware Design Engineer at Dell and Hewlett-Packard, respectively. Petersen's background, education, and experience make him well-suited for designing and integrating sophisticated server systems.