Speaker: Eric Brewer
CAP Theorem Creator, VP Infrastructure @Google, CS Professor @UCBerkeley
Dr. Brewer joined Google in May 2011 and leads the company’s compute infrastructure design.
He focuses on all aspects of Internet based systems including cloud computing, scalability,
containers, and storage.
As a researcher, Dr. Brewer has led projects on scalable servers, network infrastructure, IoT,
and the CAP Theorem. He has also led work on technology for developing regions, with projects
in India, Indonesia, and Kenya among others, and including communications, power, and health
care.
In 1996, he cofounded Inktomi Corporation with a Berkeley grad student and helped lead it
onto the NASDAQ 100. In 2000, working with President Clinton, Dr. Brewer helped to create
USA.gov, the official portal of the Federal government.