Adam Leventhal (programmer)
Adam Leventhal | |
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| Born | 1979 United States |
| Occupation | Software engineer |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Known for | Co-developer of DTrace |
Adam Leventhal (born 1979 in the United States) is an American software engineer renowned for co-developing DTrace, a dynamic tracing framework integrated into Solaris 10. This tool facilitates live system monitoring, debugging, and performance optimization. Since its public release in November 2003, DTrace has become a standard solution for uncovering performance enhancements within production systems.
After earning a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Brown University in 2001, graduating cum laude, Leventhal joined the team responsible for Solaris kernel development. In recognition of their work on DTrace, he and his collaborators received the Gold award at The Wall Street Journal's Technology Innovation Awards in 2006, judged by experts from both industry and academia.
Leventhal departed from Sun Microsystems following its acquisition by Oracle Corporation in 2010. Subsequently, he held the position of Chief Technology Officer at Delphix between 2010 and 2016.