Where does Daniel Nurmi work?

Daniel Nurmi is Chief Research Officer and Co-Founder of Anchore.

Where did Daniel Nurmi go to school?

Daniel Nurmi studied at UC Santa Barbara (PhD, Computer Science); University of Chicago (Masters, Computer Science).

Daniel Nurmi

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Chief Research Officer and Co-Founder at Anchore

Santa Barbara County, California, United States

FoundedAnchore

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Hayden SmithunlockedDaniel: together at Anchore (2019–2023)

Daniel: together at Eucalyptus Systems Inc.

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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.

Chief Research Officer and Co-Founder at Anchore

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Anchore's investors · 4

Entrada VenturesSanta Barbara Menlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checks · since 2016 SignalFireSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks · since 2020 U.S. Air Forcesince 2019

Co-founders at Anchore

Saïd ZiouaniCEO and Founder

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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Shell ScriptingAgile MethodologiesPythonC++Open SourceLinuxPHPUnixJavaBashAmazon Web Services (AWS)Perl

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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 Chief Research Officer and Co-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).

Founder mafias

UC Santa Barbara mafia217

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University of Chicago mafia215

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Alexis BorisyBachelor's degreeFounded Foundation Medicine +2 Bobby PittmanMaster's degreeFounded Oathafrica +2 Bharat KilaruBachelor of Arts (BA)Founded Verano Health +2 James Peyer, PhDBachelor of Arts (B.A.)Founded Rapalogix Health +2 Ed BaumABFounded Chai Vault +2 Matt KrisiloffFounded Preventive +1

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Also attended UC Santa Barbara482

Logan GreenCo-founder of Lyft Jen WangDeal Operations Manager at Felicis Ventures Arturo LitvinHead of Global Portfolio Development at Intel Capital Kevin ThauInvestor at Spark Capital Erica DelamareInvestor at Daphni Stephanie DuranInvestor at True Ventures

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Also attended University of Chicago608

Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront Ventures Shardul ShahInvestor at Index Ventures Sam BlackmanEntrepreneur in Residence at GV (Google Ventures)Clay FisherInvestor at Spark Capital Rolanda FuInvestor at Madrona Venture Group Jonas CiplickasPrincipal at Scale Venture Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at Anchore1

Hayden SmithCo-Founder, Hunted Labs at Red Cell Incubation

Also worked at Hewlett Packard Enterprise636

Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at Benchmark Steve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future Ventures Ana AndreescuInvestor at Index Ventures Zhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel Capital AyshaAdvisor at Clear Ventures

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Also worked at Eucalyptus Systems Inc.2

Woody RollinsFounder at AppScale Systems Mårten MickosFounder at Hackerone

Also worked at University of California Santa Barbara70

Erica DelamareInvestor at Daphni Chris DegierePartner, Data Intelligence Group at TCV Justin FengSenior Associate at Atlas Venture Matthew StottsCo-founder and Partner at Cerulean Ventures Tim ArnoldInvestor at Steamwork Ventures Emily SimsInvestor at VMG Partners

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