 
CTO, United Devices.
Dr. Venkat has been with United Devices since its inception and has over 20 years of experience in the computer industry in a unique mix of roles in research, product development and management. Under his leadership, the company has developed and delivered three generations of grid computing software to the market -- software that has been recognized for its leading scalability, security, manageability and performance.
Prior to joining United Devices, Dr. Venkat was responsible for product development for the WebPC, a state-of-the-art, legacy-free PC from Dell Computer. Prior to WebPC, Dr. Venkat worked for the CTO and was involved in the evaluation of advanced technologies and setting strategy for the office of the CEO.
Prior to his tenure at Dell, Dr. Venkat worked at IBM for 8 years where he was an architect/consultant on PowerPC platform development and strategy. He was involved in the system architecture/performance analysis and led development on the prototype of a high-end multi-processor server with a very high-speed, low-latency communication fabric. Early in his IBM career, Dr. Venkat developed scheduling and monitoring tools for parallel program execution using a distributed network of idle workstations. He developed a suite of parallel programs and completed extensive performance analysis to demonstrate the feasibility of using this network of workstations as a massively parallel computing system.
Dr. Venkat holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. His graduate research experience centered on processor architecture, performance analysis, compiler technology and the development of parallel programs. He has several patents issued or filed and several under development. In addition, Dr. Venkat has spoken on numerous panels and conferences (including the Global Grid Forum) on grid computing and its applications.
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