# Mark Grimes

> Software Engineer

Location: Los Gatos, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/markgrimes

Over 10 years of experience in the successful management of software engineering teams with a proven track record of on- time, on-budget project management for key product offerings. Expertise in storage technologies, including cloud solutions that provide competitive advantages.

## Work Experience
### Software Developer @ iXsystems
Jan 2023 – Present | San Jose, California, United States
File systems and protocols software developer

### Senior Vice President and CTO @ Snap Server Inc.
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Los Gatos, California, United States
Managing all aspects of the development process for SnapServer products.  Generating roadmaps, managing release schedules, working with contract manufacturing vendors.  Snap Server, Inc. is small enough to allow me to contribute to the actual software development (mostly Linux kernel).

### Director Of Engineering @ HVE ConneXions
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Manage all parts related to the development of the SnapServer product line.
Managed the creation of a development environment that enabled full automation regression testing, continuous improvement, and decreased QA support resources required
• Led the release of a new operating system to unlock future capabilities and allow integrations of new applications
• Initiated a focus on customer retention while reestablishing and establishing new relationships with contract manufacturers and vendors after acquisition
• Established a hardware and software release roadmap within the constraints of supply chain, pandemic, and resource/funding challenges
• Maintained existing product lines and developed new products operating on less than 50% of original budget

### Director, Software Engineering @ Overland Storage
Jan 2010 – Jan 2018 | San Jose, CA
Manage all engineering functions related to design, development and manufacturing release of the SnapServer Network Attached Storage product line.  
* Roadmap planning, new feature design and architecture
* Project scheduling and staff loading
* Software/hardware QA planning
* Work with Sales, Marketing and Operations executive staff to create highly reliable product with enhanced features and capabilities.
* Manage and inspire development and QA team
    * Linux kernel developers
    * Midlayer and application developers
    * GUI developers
    * QA and test tool engineers

### Senior Software Manager @ Adaptec
Jan 2004 – Jan 2008 | Milpitas, CA
Manage the team responsible for the Linux kernel and hardware integration on the SnapServer product line.


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
Santa Clara University

### BA in Physics, Applied Math
University of California, Berkeley


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/markcgrimes

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Last updated: 2026-04-11