About

Avinash Lakshman is a renowned inventor and technology strategist with over 17 years of relevant experience. He is best known as the inventor of Cassandra, a distributed NoSQL database management system, and co-inventor of Amazon Dynamo, a highly available key-value storage system. Currently, Avinash serves as the Chief Storage Strategist at Commvault, where he is responsible for the Hedvig strategy within the company. Prior to this, he founded and served as CEO of Hedvig, a software-defined storage company that was acquired by Commvault. Avinash's impressive career also includes a stint at Facebook, where he worked as a software engineer, designing and implementing infrastructure software. With his extensive knowledge of Cassandra, software engineering, and infrastructure, Avinash is a sought-after expert in the tech industry. He has a deep understanding of how to build and scale highly available systems that can handle massive amounts of data. In addition to his technical expertise, Avinash is also a skilled leader and entrepreneur. He has successfully founded and led multiple companies, and has a proven track record of building successful products and teams. Overall, Avinash is a visionary technologist who has made significant contributions to the field of distributed systems. He is always looking for the next big challenge and is excited to see what the future holds.