Robert Drost
Robert Drost is an American computer scientist. He was born in 1970 in New York City.
Robert Drost | |
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| Born | August 17, 1970 New York City, United States |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Occupation | Computer Architect |
Life
Drost joined Sun Microsystems in 1993 after obtaining a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. In 2001 he earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. minor in Computer Science from Stanford. As of 2011 he is a holder of over 95 patents[1] in microelectronics.
Until 2010, Drost was Distinguished Engineer and Senior Director of Advanced Hardware at Sun Microsystems, helping to pioneer wireless connections between computer chips[2] called proximity communication.[3]
Since 2010, Drost has had various roles, including CEO, COO, and CFO, at Pluribus Networks, Inc.,[4] a Palo Alto-based startup that he co-founded with Sunay Tripathi and Chih-Kong Ken Yang.
Distinctions
- Awarded Best Paper at Supercomputing 2008, the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis.
- Named to the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35.[5][6]
- Wall Street Journal Gold Medal for Innovation in Computing Systems.[7]
- Judge for the Wall Street Journal's Technology Innovation Awards since 2005.
References
- "Google patent search". Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- Innovators Under 35: Robert Drost, 34, MIT Technology Review, 2013
- "Chips like to rub elbows". Archived from the original on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
- "Pluribus Networks: Innovating software-defined data center networking solutions to support the modern business and its applications". The Silicon Review. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
- "2004 Young Innovators Under 35". Technology Review. 2004. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- MIT Technology Review TR35, 2004 Winner
- "Robert Drost, Pluribus Networks Inc: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg News.