Walt Hubis

Lead the Security Products Advanced Development group that architects, develops, and deploys next generation storage security features across hard disk drive (HDDs), solid state devices (SSDs), and hybrid storage devices.

Hubis Technical Associates provides consulting services to computer storage technology oriented organizations that need a presence in national and international standards organizations. The area of expertise for these services includes storage interface and storage security standards organizations focused on protocols and software interfaces. We explore how innovative and disruptive computer storage technologies impact storage standards.

Provide standards organization leadership for new and evolving storage technologies incorporating non-volatile memory systems. Responsible for internal technical and business leadership for storage technologies including storage virtualization, security, high availability, NVMe, and SOP/PQI. Execute external standards leadership in organizations including SNIA (Vice-chair Solid State Storage Initiative, NVM Programming TWG), PCI-SIG, Open Compute Project, and INCTS T10 (SCSI).

Software and firmware architect. Define and deliver new network storage technologies (iSCSI, IPv6, Secure Storage) as the lead software architect. Incorporate new technologies (SSD, SAS 2, SED, IPv6) into existing storage products. Intellectual Property Advisor: Chair of the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Key Management Services Subgroup (KMSS), Chair of the IEEE P1619.3 key management work group, Secretary of the IEEE Storage in Security work group (SISWG), and T10 (SCSI) representative.

Digital signal processing, embedded systems development.