I designed and implemented the core algorithm that currently allocates Azure VMs to physical nodes (though the policies aren't mine, and I owe much credit to my

I designed and implemented the core algorithm that currently allocates Azure VMs to physical nodes (though the policies aren't mine, and I owe much credit to my coworkers for actually shipping it.) It removed a fundamental scale bottleneck. Later, I designed an efficient solver for a category of NP-hard graph problems that currently powers Azure's WAN, 98% faster than the module it replaced. Hopefully with time I'll be able to publish both. I had mental and physical breakdowns on the way, but those experiences make me proud to be alive.