Jaishankar Menon (August 9, 1956) is an Indian-American computer scientist and researcher. Life and career Menon joined IBM's research team in San Jose, California, in 1982, where he developed RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) technology. Awards IBM Fellow, 2001 IEEE Fellow Winner of the 2002 IEEE W. Wallace McDowell Award 2006 IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award IBM Master Inventor External links Profile References 1956 births 2022 deaths American computer scientists Computer systems researchers Fellow Members of the IEEE IBM Fellows IIT Madras alumni Ohio State University College of Engineering alumni