Co-Founder, CTO. Exaba. Hamilton, New Zealand.

“High Performance Storage using Rust.”

Monday 16 February 2026

Abstract

Dr. Inglis will outline Exaba’s progress toward an end-to-end Local-Scaler stack: a hardened OS, distributed object storage, resiliency and security controls, and S3-compatible backup designed to interoperate with major backup ecosystems. The session covers architecture decisions, operational lessons, and the certification path needed for enterprise adoption.

Bio

Dr. Stuart Inglis is a computer scientist and systems engineer with a PhD and two decades of commercial experience building performance-critical software. He works at the intersection of multicore computing, high-bandwidth networking, and resilient storage—turning low-level systems ideas into shippable products. At Exaba, he leads development of a Rust-based, S3-compatible object platform designed for modern hardware: parallel IO across cores, fast paths for NVMe/NVMe-oF, and strong data-integrity and security foundations (including hardened builds and enterprise-grade operational tooling). Based in New Zealand, Stuart is focused on making “sovereign-friendly” infrastructure practical: efficient, verifiable, and deployable from small edge clusters through to large petabyte-scale systems.

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