Program Committee

Tim Bird is a Principal Software Engineer for Sony Corporation, where he helps Sony use Linux and other open source software in their products. Tim is the organizer of the Linux Boot-Time Special Interest Group and is involved with various Linux Foundation projects (including previous membership on the LF board of Directors and the Linux kernel Technical Advisory Board). Tim created the Embedded Linux Conference, and has been involved with
Linux (and particularly embedded Linux) for over 30 years.

Marta Rybczynska has network security background, 20 years of experience in Open Source including 15 in embedded development. She has been working with embedded operating systems like Linux and various real-time ones, system libraries and frameworks up to user interfaces. She’s a member of the security team of the Yocto Project, Technical Steering Committee of OpenEmbedded, and a co-maintainer of meta-security.

Longtime open source developer, technical writer, and community leader & bottle washer. Currently managing Red Hat’s relationships with communities in automotive, edge, and hardware enablement, including RISC-V. 

Yoshitake Kobayashi is the Senior Manager at Toshiba Corporation. A part of his team provides a Linux distribution for various Toshiba products. His research interests include operating systems, distributed systems, and dynamically reconfigurable systems. Additionally, he is the Chair of the Technical Steering Committee for the Civil Infrastructure Platform Project, which is hosted by The Linux Foundation.

Kate Stewart works with the safety, security and license compliance communities to advance the adoption of best practices into embedded open source projects. She has launched the ELISA and Zephyr Projects, as well as supporting other embedded projects. With more than 30 years of experience in the software industry, she has held a variety of roles in software development, architecture, and product management, primarily in the tooling and embedded ecosystem working with international teams.

Thomas Petazzoni is the CEO of Bootlin, an engineering company specializing in Embedded Linux and Zephyr, with a strong focus on open source. A seasoned open-source contributor, he has authored over 900 patches to the Linux kernel and more than 5,000 patches to Buildroot, where he also serves as a co-maintainer. With more than 18 years of experience in Embedded Linux, Thomas has been a regular speaker at the Embedded Linux Conference and has been service for several years on its program committee.