Aqeel Mahesri

Aqeel Mahesri is an accomplished architect and founding team member at DataPelago since January 2021, specializing in hardware-accelerated data analytics, where significant contributions include the development of a hardware simulation model, database-specific hardware accelerators on FPGA, and core query engine software. Prior to DataPelago, Aqeel served as an Accelerator Architect at Fungible, Inc., and as a Deep Learning Performance Engineer at Cerebras Systems, where contributions included architectural design and performance modeling for advanced processing units. Earlier experience includes roles at Apple and NVIDIA, focusing on performance modeling of ARM CPUs and architectural design. Aqeel's academic background includes a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.