Alex Sherman is an accomplished software engineer with extensive experience in large-scale system design and distributed networks. Starting as a Principal Software Engineer at Akamai Technologies from March 1999 to July 2003, Alex contributed to the foundational subsystems of the Akamai Content Delivery Network, developing dynamic load-balancing and fault-tolerant systems. Alex transitioned to Google in June 2020, initially serving as a Senior Software Engineer and eventually advancing to Tech Lead Staff Software Engineer, focusing on storage infrastructure and innovations in product functionalities such as AdWords keyword performance and data synchronization. Academically, Alex holds both a B.S. and M.Eng in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a PhD in Computer Science from Columbia University, with research centered on Peer-to-Peer networks and distributed systems.
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