Jim Peterson works as a chief engineer for Yellowbrick Data, a recent startup providing hybrid cloud data warehouses. Prior to joining Yellowbrick, Peterson worked as an architect for Fusion-io which was acquired by SanDisk. Prior to joining Fusion-io, Peterson worked at Catalytic / Agility Design Systems. He spent three years at Remedy as the VP and GM of the Core Product Unit, where he managed the combined platform and applications teams for new and enhanced Remedy products. With over 35 years of experience in the management of computer software and hardware development, his specialty for the last 10 years has included databases and flash storage. Previously, Peterson served as vice president of engineering operations at Liberate Technologies, a developer of internet-based middleware for enhanced interactive television. He also directed engineering efforts for various Adobe Systems products, including FrameMaker and PostScript. Mr. Peterson has a bachelor's degree in applied physics from Caltech, as well as a master's degree in engineering from UCLA.