Fred Gruner
On the Cutting Edge
PRINCIPAL HARDWARE ENGINEER
Over 50 Patents
Electrical & Computer Engineering, M.S.
25+ years Experience
Inventor ◦ Speaker ◦ Philanthropist ◦ Business ◦ Technology
Husband ◦ Uncle ◦ Rescue Dad to Fur Kids ◦ Volunteer
Director of Functional Safety for Automotive Safety Architect for CPUs, High Speed Microprocessors, Massively MP Systems, Network processors, Semiconductors; High-Speed Microprocessors, GPUs Architect of Video Decode Systems. Architect of GPU Context Switching.
Chief Hardware Architect & Founder for the Nexsi Content Services System. A system which provided firewall, web switching, bandwidth management, and SSL acceleration for an entire datacenter.
WORK EXPERIENCE
NVidia Corporation, California, 2004—Present
Raza Microelectronics—Principal Engineer
Juniper Networks—Consultant—Principal Engineer
Nexsi Systems—Founder, Chief Hardware Architect
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara – Senior Hardware Architect
Speaking Experience: Local, State and National: Keynote, Small and Large Groups, Business, Panels, & Educator Conference Experience.
Languages
English & Japanese (Professional Working)
NABC State-wide Humanitarian Award Recipient
FAA Private Pilot, Civil Air Patrol 1st Lt., Scuba Diving, Travel, Books, Speaking.