Boda Liao has over 10 years of experience as a senior Linux administrator and system engineer for companies such as BGI-Shenzhen, Complete Genomics, and EMC Isilon. He has expert knowledge of large-scale Linux clusters, parallel storage systems, data lifecycle management, and networking solutions. Liao maintains HPC and storage infrastructure supporting thousands of users and petabytes of genomic data per day. He is proficient in Linux administration, storage performance and maintenance, cluster deployment, and data center design.