Dr. Andy Hospodor has worked for IBM, Quantum (now Maxtor), and Western Digital, among other companies, since receiving his Ph.D. from Santa Clara University. His research interests include interconnection network architectures for storage systems and scalable storage for computational grids.

In addition to researching Shingled Write Disks within the SSRC, Dr. Hospodor was the Executive Director of the SSRC, and helped to deepen the connections between the SSRC and industry.