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Jacob Farmer

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Chief Evangelist at Starfish Storage
📍 Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Jacob is the CTO and co-founder of Cambridge Computer, a role he has held since 1991, and is also the founder of Starfish Storage. A Yale University graduate with over 35 years in data storage, he is a frequent industry speaker known for defining best practices.

He has an interesting entrepreneurial origin story, having co-founded his company with a business partner he met in a pottery class. This suggests an appreciation for creative pursuits outside of the tech world.

Unique fact: Jacob launched his first computer sales company from his dorm room at Yale.

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Experience
35 Years
Current Role
Chief Evangelist
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
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Priorities

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Data Lifecycle Management
His career focus for 35+ years, he founded Starfish Storage specifically to create solutions for managing massive, unstructured file collections for research and enterprise clients.
AI/ML Infrastructure
He speaks on managing storage for AI/ML workloads and shows keen interest in projects like the Mass AIRC AI hub, seeing them as impactful tools for innovation.
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Career

Work history

1-2011
Chief Evangelist
Starfish Storage
7-1991
CTO
Cambridge Computer Services, Inc.
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Education
9-1985 - 5-1989
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Yale University
1981 - 1985
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Princeton High School
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