About
Daniel Nurmi is co-founder and Chief Research Officer at Anchore. His work focuses on large-scale distributed systems, including enterprise infrastructure, containers, cloud computing, operating systems, and high-performance scientific computing. His background spans academic, industry, and government research lab settings.
Founder at Anchore
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Co-founders at Anchore
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Said ZiouaniExecutive Officer, Director
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Saïd Ziouani
Experience
- AnchoreCo-founder, Chief Research Officercurrent2026 — present
- AnchoreCo-founder, Chief Technology Officer2016 — 2026United States
- Hewlett Packard EnterpriseDistinguished Technologist - Eucalyptus - Cloud2014 — 2016Santa Barbara County, California, United States
- Eucalyptus Systems Inc.Co-founder, Chief Technical Officer2014Santa Barbara County, California, United States
- Eucalyptus Systems Inc.Co-founder, Director of Engineering2009 — 2014
- University of California Santa BarbaraGraduate Student (PhD)2002 — 2009
- University of California Santa BarbaraPost-doc2009
- University of California Santa BarbaraLecturer in Computer Science2004 — 2005
- University of ChicagoTeaching Assistant2001 — 2002
- Argonne National LaboratorySystem Administrator1998 — 2002
Skills & more
High Performance Computing19Cloud Computing33Distributed Systems45Commercial Real Estate3Pool Service3Scalability9Programming3Software Development7Gastroenterology4Virtualization5Web Development1Eucalyptus5
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Daniel Nurmi?
- Daniel Nurmi is co-founder and Chief Research Officer at Anchore. His work focuses on large-scale distributed systems, including enterprise infrastructure, containers, cloud computing, operating systems, and high-performance scientific computing. His background spans academic, industry, and government research lab settings.
- Where does Daniel Nurmi work?
- Daniel Nurmi is Founder of Anchore.
- What companies did Daniel Nurmi found?
- Daniel Nurmi founded Anchore.
- Where did Daniel Nurmi go to school?
- Daniel Nurmi studied at UC Santa Barbara (PhD, Computer Science); University of Chicago (Masters, Computer Science).
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