Tom Rini has over 18 years experience in developing different parts of the Linux ecosystem with the majority of that time focusing on embedded systems. He was an early PowerPC Linux developer, focusing on the area of hand-off between firmware and kernel and a key developer in the OpenEmbedded and Yocto projects, spending time on the OpenEmbedded Technical Steering Committee. He has been a technical leader at MontaVista, Mentor Graphics and Texas Instruments as well as playing key roles in the Embedded Alley Solutions team. He is currently the head custodian of Das U-Boot and a Principal Software Engineer at Konsulko Group,