Chiradip Mandal

Distributed Systems Architect

Technology Radio Sailing

DB25 Creator

HTAP Database System

SV Specialissima

J/160 Ocean Racing

K2ATC

Extra Class Amateur Radio

Creator of ZeroCopy Data Virtualization, Autonomous Data Infrastructure, and CloudScaleDB. P&L-driven disruptive innovator with over two decades of experience building and scaling global teams.

About Me

Experienced Silicon Valley tech leader who has grown multiple companies from zero-revenue to profitability and acquisition while maintaining Engineering enthusiasm.

Technical Innovation

Creator of ZeroCopy Data Virtualization, Autonomous Data Infrastructure, and CloudScaleDB

Leadership Excellence

Grown multiple companies from zero-revenue to profitability and acquisition

Beyond Tech

Passionate sailor racing J/160 Specialissima from Alameda and San Diego

Ham Radio Operator

FCC Certified Extra Class license holder - Space-RF.ORG founder

Key Achievements

  • Creator of ZeroCopy Data Virtualization, Autonomous Data Infrastructure, Unified Service Delivery Framework, and CloudScaleDB
  • DB25: HTAP Database System - Revolutionary hybrid transactional/analytical processing
  • DB25: Independent SIMD-Optimized SQL Parser achieving 10x performance improvements
  • P&L-driven disruptive innovator with over two decades of experience in building and managing global teams
  • Ideator with endless energy for relentless creation, accommodating diverse talents, and comfort with ambiguity

"In my downtime, I enjoy sailing from my home ports of Alameda and San Diego, and moonlighting as a ham radio operator with an FCC Certified Extra Class license."

Experience

Over two decades of building and scaling distributed systems at the world's most innovative companies

Apple Inc.

Architect

2020 - 2025
Cupertino, California

Created a CloudScale DB, a distributed Cache, an Observability Framework, and Service Discovery Framework, while conducting extensive R&D on Hybrid Transactional & Analytical Processing (HTAP) architecture.

  • Improved Apple Music Experience and Ingest To Live Media pipeline with significantly positive ROI
  • Led Interoperability Architecture ensuring seamless service integration
  • Delivered improved customer experience while satisfying budgetary and regulatory constraints

Pacific Research

Co-Founder

2015 - 2020
San Francisco, California

Built an IOT Application Framework called DewDrop, a near-linear scalable device-to-device, and device-to-people messaging system.

  • Developed Security and Hardware Accelerated Software solutions
  • Implemented Edge Analytics capabilities
  • Created D-TA based Zero-Trust architecture

Gemini Data Inc.

Chief Technology Officer

2017 - 2019
San Francisco, California

Creator of Zero-Copy Data Virtualization and Autonomous Data Infrastructure. Transformed the company from an appliance company into a cloud-native company with SaaS/ARR revenue model.

  • Built and led a robust global team with presence in San Francisco, Taiwan and Europe
  • Sponsored the R&D of an HTAP initiative
  • Transformed business model to cloud-native SaaS

Sensity Systems

Director of Engineering

2015 - 2016
Sunnyvale, California

Led the effort to create a state of the art IOT product for surveillance and traffic monitoring from ground up.

  • Developed Cloudified Polyglot architecture
  • Led to successful acquisition by Verizon in 2016
  • Product became Verizon Smart Cities and Communities

Cisco Systems Inc.

Chief Architect

2008 - 2015
San Jose, California

Ideated, Architected and Managed multiple groundbreaking products that became industry standards.

  • Created Phalanx and Sarissa distributed systems
  • Architected Cisco Unified Service Delivery Framework
  • Designed Identity Services Engine - BYOD solution

Varied Learning Experiences

Programmer

2001 - 2008
Globally

Juggled between multiple startups, contracting and learning in multiple geographies.

  • Gained diverse technology experience across different domains
  • Built foundation in distributed systems and scalable architectures
  • Worked with global teams across various time zones

Key Projects

Breakthrough innovations in distributed systems, data virtualization, and cloud infrastructure

ZeroCopy Data Virtualization

Revolutionary data virtualization technology that eliminates data movement overhead in distributed systems, achieving 10x performance improvements.

Zero data movement overhead
10x performance improvement
Patent pending technology

CloudScaleDB

Petabyte-scale distributed database system designed for extreme performance and reliability, processing billions of transactions daily.

1B+ daily transactions
99.999% uptime
Petabyte scale

Autonomous Data Infrastructure

Self-healing, self-optimizing data infrastructure that automatically adapts to workload patterns and system failures.

Self-healing capabilities
40% cost reduction
Zero-touch operations

Unified Service Delivery

Enterprise-grade service mesh framework enabling seamless integration across heterogeneous cloud environments.

Multi-cloud support
End-to-end encryption
Sub-millisecond latency

DB25: Next-Generation Database System

HTAP database with SIMD-optimized SQL parser, achieving unprecedented performance for mixed transactional and analytical workloads

Testimonials

What colleagues and partners say about working with me

"Chiradip is a rare kind of technology leader who bridges visionary architecture with practical, scalable implementation. His work across distributed databases, cloud-native infrastructure, and large-scale system design demonstrates not only deep technical expertise but also the ability to deliver reliable, high-impact solutions at scale."

Ritesh Raj Singh

Engineering Leader, Apple

"Chiradip is a natural leader with a rare innate sense of curiosity, who is unafraid of both challenging the status quo and leading the team in new directions. As a member of our proof of concept team he moved quickly to create compelling demonstrations of SaaS identity services and to set long term execution strategies."

Chris O'Rourke

VP of Engineering, Cisco

"Chiradip's technical prowess shines when you observe his strong work ethic and drive to succeed. At Gemini he was instrumental managing a global engineering team with two products and not afraid of coding as a hands-on leader to get the job done. Our efforts to build a scalable data infrastructure could not have been accomplished without his leadership."

Tony Ayaz

CEO/Co-Founder, Behavure AI

"Chiradip is the best architect who worked for me, a software architect who understands the reality of implementation challenges, an architect who stays engaged all the way from concept till execution. I was truly impressed with Chiradip's broad technology knowledge and most importantly the ability to take risk by trying new technologies."

Narayanan Thyagarajan

Associate Director, Verizon Data Services

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