Daniel (Danner) Stodolsky

SVP, Cloud

Daniel (Danner) Stodolsky is a distinguished engineer currently serving as the Vice President of Data Center Architecture at Lightmatter. He has an extensive background in engineering and technology, with significant experience in various leadership roles across prominent companies in the tech industry.

Professional Background

Danner has held several notable positions, including:

Vice President of Engineering at Google, where he was involved in multiple domains such as YouTube, Google Cloud Platform, and Ads Privacy and Safety. His work at Google included leading efforts in video infrastructure and performance modeling for Google's compute infrastructure.
Senior Vice President at SambaNova Systems, where he contributed to cloud technologies before transitioning to Lightmatter.

His career also includes roles at Akamai Technologies, Quantum, Verity, and Lycos, where he focused on systems engineering, data strategy, and software engineering. His expertise encompasses hardware/software co-design, video infrastructure, and data center architecture.1 2 4

Education

Danner holds multiple degrees from Carnegie Mellon University:

MS in Mathematics
BS in Chemistry
He was a PhD candidate in Computer Science but left the program to pursue opportunities in the tech industry.3 4

Personal Interests

Outside of his professional commitments, Danner is interested in clean energy and woodworking. He enjoys building and leading teams of varying sizes and has a passion for maturing engineering practices within organizations.2 4

Highlights

Apr 13 · bizjournals.com

AI startup SambaNova poaches Google Cloud VP Daniel Stodolsky

Experience

Senior Vice President, Cloud at SambaNova Systems (April 2023 - Present)

VP Engineering, Ads Privacy and Safety, Google (February 2023 - April 2023), VP of Engineering, Google Compute Infra and Performance, Google (November 2021 - January 2023), VP of Engineering, Video Infrastructure, YouTube TV and OTT platform, Google (May 2021 - November 2021), Director, YouTube TV and YouTube Video Infrastructure, Google (November 2018 - May 2021), Director, Video Infrastructure, YouTube, Google (April 2015 - November 2018), Video Infrastructure Lead, YouTube, Google (June 2014 - April 2015), Senior Staff Engineer, Google (September 2011 - May 2014), Senior Director, Engineering and Data Strategy, Advertising Decision Solutions, Akamai Technologies (March 2008 - June 2011), Engineering Director, Mapping and Load Balancing, Akamai Technologies (January 2006 - March 2008), Chief Architect, Akamai Technologies (September 1999 - March 2008), Software Engineer, Quantum (1997 - 1999), Senior Software Engineer, Verity (1996 - 1997), Director of Engineering, Lycos (1995 - 1996)

Education

PhD (not completed), Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University (1990 - 1995), MS, Math, Carnegie Mellon University (1986 - 1990), BS, Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University (1986 - 1990)