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I began my career in the Solaris Kernel Group since 2001 after graduating from Brown University with a Sc.B. in Math and Computer Science (cum laude). I spent most of my time working on observability tools, and then applying those tools to debug problems. In particular, I've written a bunch of code in mdb(1), libproc and the p-tools. I've worked with Bryan Cantrill and Mike Shapiro for several years on DTrace — both the initial framework and tons of follow-on enhancements. I focussed mainly on the user-level tracing components of DTrace (the pid provider). In 2006 I left the kernel group for the Fishworks advanced product development team along with my old DTrace cohorts and some other shining stars. Since then, I've worked on a number of core technologies, most significantly integrating flash memory into ZFS.

I've worked on DTrace, ZFS, BrandZ, among others.

Adam Leventhal is a Senior Staff Engineer in the Fishworks advanced product development team. One of his key areas of interest has been to integrate flash memory into Sun's ZFS and future storage products. This effort produced the Hybrid Storage Pool, a novel mechanism to deliver the best combination of price, performance and power for storage. Adam is one of the three authors of DTrace for which he received Sun's chairman's award for technical excellence in 2004, was named one of InfoWorld's Innovators of 2005, won top honors from the 2006 Wall Street Journal's Innovation Awards, and was awarded the USENIX STUG prize in 2008 for DTrace as a significant enabling technology. Adam joined Sun after graduating cum laude from Brown University in 2001 with an ScB in Math and Computer Science, and spent his first five years in the Solaris kernel group.

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