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Adam Leventhal

b. 1979

American software engineer

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Born 1979. Adam Leventhal is an American computer scientist, engineer and CEO, known for DTrace.

Adam Leventhal (born 1979) is an American software engineer, and one of the three authors of DTrace, a dynamic tracing facility in Solaris 10 which allows users to observe, debug and tune system behavior in real time.

Biography Adam joined the Solaris kernel development team after graduating cum laude from Brown University in 2001 with his B.Sc. in Math and Computer Science. DTrace was made available to the public in November 2003, and has since been used to find opportunities for performance improvements in production environments. In 2006, Adam and his DTrace colleagues were chosen Gold winners in The Wall Street Journals Technology Innovation Awards contest by a panel of judges representing industry as well as research and academic institutions. A year after Sun Microsystems was acquired by Oracle Corp, Leventhal announced he was leaving the company. He served as Chief Technology Officer at Delphix from 2010 to 2016.

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Important facts

Born
1979, United States
Birth century
Nationality
Known for
DTrace
Education
Brown University, B.Sc. Brown University
Employers
Sun Microsystems, Oracle Corporation, Delphix
Also known as
Adam H. Leventhal

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Adam Leventhal's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Adam Leventhal?

American software engineer

When was Adam Leventhal born?

Adam Leventhal was born in 1979 in United States.

What is Adam Leventhal's occupation?

Adam Leventhal is a computer scientist, engineer and CEO.

What is Adam Leventhal known for?

Adam Leventhal is known for DTrace.

What nationality is Adam Leventhal?

Adam Leventhal is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Adam Leventhal

· Wikidata: Q4679398

· DBpedia: Adam Leventhal (programmer)

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