Gil Bregman
Software Engineer at IBM
Givatayim, Israel
Summary
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Top SchoolGil Bregman is a seasoned software engineer based in Givatayim, Israel, with decades of experience in embedded systems, storage, and infrastructure spanning roles at IBM, Cisco, and earlier companies. He currently focuses on platform and NVMe-over-Fabrics development at IBM, blending low-level hardware management (UPSes, switches, PCI adapters) with storage provisioning for Intel Apache Pass and NVMe/RDMA and NVMe/TCP support. Gil has contributed to the widely-used Ceph open-source storage project, implementing NVMe-oF configuration and deployment changes that bridge DevOps and backend storage services. His background includes kernel and multi-core networking work on platforms like Octeon and Broadcom SiByte, giving him deep systems and performance expertise. Known for pragmatic engineering across product and infrastructure boundaries, he combines hands-on coding, testing, and deployment skills with long-term operational insight. An unusual strength is his ability to translate complex hardware capabilities into configurable, testable storage services that scale in production environments.
3 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MamramTel Aviv UniversityOrt Givatayim
Github Skills (20)
python10
back-end-development10
configuration-management10
storage10
distributed-systems10
nvme10
cloud-storage10
ceph10
distributed-file-system10
distributed-database10
devops10
block-storage9
object-store9
data-storage9
docker8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ceph/ceph
Mar 2024 - Jun 2026
Ceph is a distributed object, block, and file storage platform
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:38 reviews, 92 PRs, 34 pushes in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Gil Bregman primarily contributed to the development and configuration of NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) functionality within the Ceph storage platform. His work involved adding and modifying configuration fields related to NVMe-oF services, including gateway and discovery settings. He implemented changes across multiple components, including deployment specifications, configuration templates, and testing frameworks, demonstrating a focus on infrastructure and service management. He also made updates to image versions and resource limits.
cephstoragesoftware-defined-storagedistributed-storages3
ceph/ceph-nvmeof
Jun 2023 - Jul 2026
Service to provide Ceph storage over NVMe-oF/TCP protocol
Contributions:1 release, 452 reviews, 736 PRs in 3 years 1 month
cephnvmetcp-protocolnvme-over-fabricsspdk
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