9livesdata
Cezary Dubnicki has a strong background in technology and research. Cezary started their career as a Research Scientist at Princeton University in 1995 and eventually became a Consultant at McKinsey & Co. in 1998. Cezary then worked as the VP of Engineering at Emphora, Inc. from 1999 to 2000. In 2001, they joined Storage Networks as a Senior Director before moving to NEC Labs in 2002. At NEC Labs, Cezary served as the Department Head and was responsible for leading the Hydra research project, which resulted in the development of the HYDRAstor storage platform. In 2008, they founded 9livesdata and currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer, overseeing a team of over 80 staff and managing various advanced systems R&D projects for clients such as NEC and Silicon Valley startup.
Cezary Dubnicki holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Rochester. Prior to that, they obtained an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Warsaw.
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9livesdata
9livesdata, LLC is an R&D company delivering advanced software research and development services to international clients. We are responsible for millions of lines of enterprise-quality code which is used by thousands of companies world-wide. Our current clients come from the USA, Japan and Germany. Our broadly defined area of expertise includes storage and file systems, big data, clouds, networking, machine learning and computer vision. We have significant experience with highly-scalable and highly-resilient distributed systems. We cover full software lifecycle from requirements gathering, research and prototyping to software architecture design, system development with quality assurance, deployment and support. Please see our expertise leaflet at http://bit.ly/2OZIL4m The systems we work on are usually targeted at enterprises. The primary example is NEC HYDRAstor, the most scalable and the fastest backup storage. The high quality of our code is built in from the start - the systems we helped design and develop store exabytes of data without a single bit lost. The defect rate measured over large code systems is about 0.27 defect per KLOC . The company is independently-owned and staffed with 75+ highly skilled consultants holding advanced CS degrees. Unlike many other consulting IT companies, we value quality over quantity both in respect to hiring and projects. We seek engagements that are not routine, but instead demand creativity and ingenuity. Our strong background in algorithms design and evaluation lets us produce original research results. Frequently, during an engagement we produce an important intellectual property for our clients, as documented by multiple US patents - see 9livesdata.com/patents ; as well as scientific publications in the most prestigious journals and conferences - see http://9livesdata.com/publications 9livesdata office location is in Warsaw, Poland at the NASK office sitting literally over Kabaty metro station.