Introducing SNIA's Storage.AI

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I earned a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Masters in Computer Science from Rutgers University. I still do a bit of programming using everything from C and C++ to Rust and Ada/SPARK. I do a bit of PHP programming for Drupal websites. I have posted a few Drupal modules.  

I still get a hand on software and electronic hardware. Some of this can be found on our Kit Close-Up video series. You can also see me on many of our TechXchange Talk videos. I am interested in a range of projects from robotics to artificial intelligence. 

J is a Technical Director for Systems Design for AMD and holds several roles of influence in the tech industry. He is currently serving his 4th term as Chair of the Board of Directors of SNIA, as well as the inaugural Chair of the Ultra Ethernet Consortium formed in 2023.

Recognized as a leading storage networking expert, J is an evangelist for all related technologies and has a unique ability to dissect and explain complex concepts and strategies. He is passionate about the inner workings and application of emerging technologies.He does so by coordinating and leading strategic initiatives related to systems architecture, including storage and networking. 

J has previously held roles in both the startup ecosystem and Fortune 100 companies as a Field CTO, R&D Engineer, Solutions Architect, and Systems Engineer. His extensive leadership across several key industry standards groups, SNIA, and former board member of the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA), and Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe). He was crucial in the founding of the Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC), one of the fastest-growing projects in the Linux Foundation.

J is a sought-after entertaining presenter and a prolific writer. He has won multiple awards as a speaker and author, writing over 300 articles and giving presentations and webinars attended by over 10,000 people.

A popular blogger and active on Twitter, his areas of expertise include high-performance storage and networking solutions. He earned his PhD from the University of Georgia.

Jason Molgaard has over 25 years of experience as a storage device controller RTL designer and architect having worked for various storage device companies architecting and designing HDD and SSD controllers.  As a Principal Storage Solutions Architect on the Solidigm Pathfinding and Advanced Development Team, Jason focuses on future storage controller architectures and technologies, including Computational Storage and CXL.  Jason is co-chair of the SNIA Computational Storage TWG and the SNIA Technical Council and is chair of the SDC agenda team.  Jason was recognized by SNIA with an Exceptional Leadership award in 2020 and Volunteer of the Year award for 2023.  Jason helps drive the Computational Storage standard at both SNIA and partner organizations including NVMe and OCP.  Jason holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.

Scott Shadley, is a Director of Leadership Narrative and Evangelist at Solidigm, where his focus is on efforts to drive adoption of new storage technologies, including computational storage, storage-based AI, and post quantum cryptography. Over his 27 years in the semiconductor and storage space, Scott has been involved in wafer production, process engineering, R&D design engineering, and most recently in customer-focused roles involving Marketing and Strategic Planning.

Scott has been a key figure in promoting SNIA as a now third-term Board member where he has led the computational storage efforts as former Co-Chair of the SNIA Computational Storage Technical Working Group. He is currently serving as the Co-Chair on the Communications Steering Committee, driving the outward vision of SNIA and its technology efforts, and a member of the Executive Committee.

Scott also participates in several additional industry efforts including the Open Compute Project (OCP), Linux Foundation, and NVM Express.

Previously with NGD Systems, Scott was the VP of Marketing and developed and managed their Computational Storage portfolio. Prior to that, at Micron, he managed the Product Marketing team, was the Business Line Manager for the SATA SSD portfolio, and finished his stay at Micron as the Principal Technologist for the SSD and emerging memory portfolio.

Scott is a subject matter expert in SSD technology and semiconductor design technologies, and is ever evolving his experience and knowledge in the storage stack. Scott earned a BSEE in Device Physics from Boise State University, and an MBA in Marketing from the Univ. of Phoenix.