Alex Lewontin
Engineering Manager, Partner Engineering at Canonical
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Lewontin is an engineering manager who brings eight years of hands-on embedded and systems experience to leading partner engineering for Ubuntu on cutting‑edge NVIDIA hardware. With a BSFS in Science, Technology, and International Affairs and post‑baccalaureate computer science work, he bridges technical depth and policy-minded thinking — a blend shaped by reporting bylines and newsroom experience. At Canonical he’s progressed from IoT field engineer to Devices Field Engineering Manager and now leads efforts to enable upstream projects like OpenWRT and snapd on new devices. His open-source contributions show practical hardware enablement chops — from device trees and LED integrations for Netgear routers to ChibiOS board support and snapd device-state reliability. Based in Washington, DC, he pairs field engineering and partner-facing leadership with a knack for communicating complex technical tradeoffs to diverse stakeholders.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
International Baccalaureate Diploma, High School Diploma, International Baccalaureate Diploma, High School Diploma at Needham B. Broughton High SchoolBachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS), Science, Technology, and International Affairs & French, Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS), Science, Technology, and International Affairs & French at Georgetown UniversityPost-Baccalaureate Studies, Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Post-Baccalaureate Studies, Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering at North Carolina State UniversityStudy Abroad Program, Political Science and Government, Study Abroad Program, Political Science and Government at University of Strasbourg
French
Github Skills (45)
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hardware-interface10
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net10
ip10
ram10
router10
bash10
route-config10
abstraction-layer10
linux-kernel10
c1110
integrations10
networking10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
ChibiOS/ChibiOS-Contrib
Dec 2020 - Sep 2021
Community contributed code (ports, drivers, etc).
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 28 commits, 9 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Alex contributed to the `chibios-contrib` repository, which focuses on community-contributed code such as ports and drivers. Their primary contribution involved adding support for the NUTINY-SDK-NUC123-V2.0 development board, including a "Blinky" test case, and implementing a PWM module. Further modifications included the addition of an EFL driver and configuration settings.
driversports
openwrt/openwrt
Dec 2019 - Jan 2022
This repository is a mirror of https://git.openwrt.org/openwrt/openwrt.git It is for reference only and is not active for check-ins. We will continue to accept Pull Requests here. They will be merged via staging trees then into openwrt.git.
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:4 PRs, 19 comments in 2 years
Contributions summary:Alex's contributions primarily involve modifications to device tree files and build configurations within the OpenWRT project, specifically related to the Netgear R6120 and R6080 routers. Their work includes harmonizing LED node names, moving LED triggers to device tree files, adding support for the R6080 router, and cleaning up code formatting. These changes indicate a focus on hardware configuration and device-specific software integration within the OpenWRT ecosystem.
mergedopenwrtinspull-requestsstaging
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