Fei Sun

Dr. Fei Sun is an accomplished technology pioneer in the data storage industry. As Head of Engineering at ScaleFlux since 2014, he drives all aspects of ScaleFlux’s engineering strategies and execution.

Prior to ScaleFlux, he was a senior manager in the storage division at Marvell Semiconductor, where he led a key team with 20+ engineers to develop high-performance SSD controllers. His team developed flagship SSD controllers including the industry’s 1st PCIe SSD controller which was widely deployed in MacBooks, and an NVMe-based PCIe SSD controller which integrated Marvell’s NANDEdge error-correcting technology. He also led the team to develop Marvell’s 3rd generation SATA controller which is in mass production with top-tier customers. Dr. Sun holds 10+ US patents and has published over 20 referred papers in the area of VLSI signal processing in storage. He is the recipient of awards including the 2005 low power design contest award from the International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED2005), and the 2007 Allen B Dumont Prize from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Dr. Sun holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from RPI and M.S./B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University.