Alice Ferrazzi is a Gentoo Kernel Project leader and low-level Linux engineer with over a decade of experience in kernel research, security, and open-source maintenance. Based in Chiyoda, Japan, she drives Gentoo Kernel Security and created infrastructure projects like kci-dev and GKernelCI to improve kernel CI and patch validation. Her background spans distro maintenance (Gentoo, Debian), industry roles including Senior Engineer at MIRACLE LINUX and a Google Summer of Code project delivering automated live kernel patch checks, showing a blend of research and production impact. Fluent across multiple ecosystems, she combines sysadmin roots with kernel development and CI automation expertise. Notably, she contributes to the community in both technical leadership and tooling—making kernel development safer and more testable at scale.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science - open source research, bachelor, Computer Science, Computer Science - open source research, bachelor at Tokyo University of Technology
Technical Colleges, 情報処理システム開発, Technical Colleges, 情報処理システム開発 at 日本工学院専門学校
退学, informatics, 退学, informatics at Computer Science Crema Campus at University of Milan
Japanese Language and Literature, Japanese Language and Literature at 東京中央日本語学院
Contributions:1 release, 9 PRs, 293 pushes in 6 months
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Alice Ferrazzi - Gentoo Kernel Project Leader at Gentoo Linux