Dan Smith

Dan Smith is a Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat, based in Hillsboro, Oregon.1 He has been working in the field of virtualization since 2005 and has made significant contributions to open-source software development.1

Career History

Red Hat: Dan has been with Red Hat since September 2013, progressing through the following roles:

• Senior Principal Software Engineer (April 2016 - Present)
• Principal Software Engineer (September 2013 - April 2016)1

In his current role, Dan focuses on core OpenStack Nova development, with an emphasis on improving the upgrade experience and extending that work to the broader ecosystem. His responsibilities include implementing features, fixing bugs, helping define the project's direction, and driving architectural changes to Nova's implementation.1

IBM: Prior to joining Red Hat, Dan worked at IBM for over 8 years (June 2005 - September 2013) as an Advisory Software Engineer. During his time at IBM, he:

• Led the LTC OpenStack development team
• Headed the checkpoint/restart kernel development team
• Implemented full checkpoint/restart functionality for the network stack, including transparent migration of TCP endpoints between running kernels1

Education and Early Career

Dan's early career experiences include:

• Extreme Blue Intern at IBM (May 2004 - June 2005)
• Research Assistant at North Carolina State University (August 2004 - May 2005)
• IT Specialist at Arcadis (1996 - 2001)1

Achievements

Dan was awarded the ARRL Technical Innovation Award in 2009 by the American Radio Relay League. This award is granted annually to licensed radio amateurs who have made exemplary contributions in technical research, development, and application of new ideas in Amateur Radio activities.1

Dan Smith's extensive experience in open-source development, particularly in virtualization and cloud technologies, has established him as a key figure in the field of software engineering.