Lerna Ekmekcioglu

Lerna Ekmekcioglu

Senior Solutions Engineer translating AI networking concepts for real-world SRE teams.

Lerna Ekmekcioglu is a Senior Solutions Engineer at Clockwork Systems, where she helps teams hit their performance targets using software born from foundational research. Prior to this, she spent 17 years tackling infrastructure challenges in global finance, building authentication systems, distributed caching, and multi-region deployments.

Her current focus bridges AI workloads and operational practices. She translates dense academic papers into practical models, demystifying the specialized vocabulary of AI networking for site reliability engineers.

Away from the keyboard, Lerna spends her time hiking, sightseeing, and practicing backyard astronomy.