Aleš Plšek

Aleš Plšek is a highly experienced software engineer with a strong background in resilience and chaos engineering, currently serving as Lead Software Engineer at Netflix since March 2019, where innovations in software delivery are prioritized. Prior to Netflix, Plšek held key roles at Apple and Upthere, focusing on cloud infrastructure as a Principal Software Engineer. Earlier experience includes serving as OSG SOA Release Manager at Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation, where contributions helped achieve Oracle's SPECJavaEnterprise world record results, and as a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Oracle, specializing in full-stack performance and benchmarking. Academic accomplishments comprise a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Lille 1 Sciences and Technology and an M.S. in Computer Science from Charles University, alongside research work as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Purdue University, involved in the Safety-Critical Java project.