Anna-Lena Marx is TechLead for Embedded Linux at inovex. With degrees in Embedded Systems (M.Sc.), Computer Science, and Electrical Engineering, she specializes in creating robust systems with Yocto, focusing on lifecycle strategies to help companies navigate long-term product compliance.
- Beyond the Release: Managing Long-Term Risk and Compliance in Embedded Linux with Yocto
Embedded System Engineer with 20 years of experience across various industries, I'm helping customers to design and develop secure and reliable embedded systems. Committed to deliver innovative and robust solutions that meet the highest standards of safety, security and performance:
Website : https://embetrix.com
LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayoub-zaki-embetrix
- Building a Security-Hardened Raspberry Pi Image with Yocto: From Secure Boot to Secure Applications
Daniel is a senior specialist at Ericsson. Currently, he focuses on embedded Linux with Yocto, working on both internal and commercial distributions. He works on the Ericsson Linux distribution team, productifying Yocto and ensuring supply chain security to safeguard critical infrastructure.
- Automatically updating stable releases with Auto Upgrade Helper and meta-binaryaudit
David is a “preacher of free software,” focused on digital rights, privacy, and user sovereignty. He works on making mobile Linux viable on smartphones, primarily targeting Snapdragon 845 devices. His work spans kernel bring-up, mainlining, power management, and reducing reliance on proprietary stacks—aiming to make Linux phones practical, sustainable, and freedom-respecting.
- Config Fragments: Cure or Curse?
- Megan's polling
Michael Opdenacker is a consultant and trainer specializing in embedded Linux, working at Root Commit (https://rootcommit.com). He helps customers with their OpenEmbedded/Yocto-based projects and makes it easier for them to climb the learning curve (check out his free learning materials at https://rootcommit.com/training/yocto/).
Michael is also a contributor to OpenEmbedded and the Yocto Project, and has spoken about Yocto and embedded Linux at multiple Yocto events and at international conferences. Most of his recent talks are about his favorite build system!
- meta-riscv: current status and call for contributions
Paul Barker is the Ecosystem Engineering and Operations Lead at the Yocto Project, a Linux Foundation project. He has been working in Open Source and Embedded Linux for over a decade, with experience supporting clients in the automotive, industrial, and telecommunications sectors. Paul has contributed to several open source projects including the Linux kernel, U-Boot, and Yocto Project. He has presented at FOSDEM, Embedded Linux Conference Europe, Linaro Connect, and multiple Yocto Project summits.
- Creating Yocto Project Compatible layers
Philip Balister is a consultant providing services for embedded
systems and software defined radio. Philip has been building embedded
Linux distributions using OpenEmbedded and the Yocto Project for
fifteen years for a wide range of hardware. He is an active member
of the OpenEmbedded community and has many contributions to the build
system. He has experience developing embedded Linux solutions for
a wide range of hardware, from general purpose commercial software
radio platforms to specialized spacecraft systems. In addition to
Philip's development experience, he provides training for embedded
Linux development.
He serves on the Advisory Board of the Yocto Project and the OpenEmbedded
Project. He completed his MSEE at Virginia Tech in 2007 and lives in
Blacksburg, Virginia.
- From source to hardware: Hands off continuous integration to hardware
At first building the labgrid hardware access layer, Rouven nowadays works on security solutions for embedded devices.
- The case for the APK package format
Embedded Linux Technical Referent at Sagemcom.
- How to not maintain a BSP Layer
Yogesh Hegde is an Embedded Linux enthusiast with 8 years of experience building custom Linux systems for IoT and edge devices. He works extensively with Yocto, kernel development, and edge AI. Yogesh is passionate about open source and enjoys mentoring engineers and building efficient systems for constrained hardware.
- Securing the Software Supply Chain: Automated SBOM Signing in Yocto