Russell Sears

Russell Sears is a Principal Software Engineer at CrystalDB, focusing on advanced low-level infrastructure and serverless offerings since March 2023. With extensive experience, Russell has served as an Advisor at Whole Sky Technologies since December 2012, contributing to the Dewdrop project, which enhances memory safety for unmodified C programs. Prior roles include Senior Engineer and Research Scientist at Apple, Technical Lead at Pure Storage, Senior Scientist at Microsoft, and Researcher at Yahoo Research, where work encompassed various storage systems and optimizations. Russell has also held advisory roles in technical capacities at companies such as Tintri and Riverbed Technology. Russell's educational background includes a PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BS in Computer Engineering from The Ohio State University.