Michael Spertus

Michael Spertus is currently a Distinguished Engineer at Symantec Research Labs and a lecturer in the University of Chicago’s Computer Science department.

Previously, Mr. Spertus was Chief Technologist for the performance management division of Veritas, and was the founder and CTO of Geodesic Systems, a maker of self-healing software which was later acquired by Veritas. At Geodesic, he was the chief designer of Great Circle, a garbage collector for C and C++, which was selected as Product of the Year in its category by Software Development Magazine.

Mr. Spertus is widely published in academic and trade journals and has spoken widely in both university and industry settings. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Spertus Institute and the Visiting Committee for the Physical Sciences Division at the University of Chicago.