Bart Cerneels
Lead Of Team VNA at The Appli Tree bvba
Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
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Top SchoolBart Cerneels is a pragmatic embedded systems leader with 11+ years of experience building low-level firmware, Yocto/Buildroot platforms, and Linux-based product stacks for automotive, mobility, aerospace and industrial applications. Currently leading the VNA team at KION Group and running a consultancy that has shipped BSPs, BLE/2G telemetry, BMS and Yocto-based system fixes for clients like Cowboy, Bond and GomSpace, he bridges board bring-up, kernel/driver work and high-level system validation. He has deep hands-on experience with mission-critical constraints—having validated spaceflight software for the Juventas cubesat—and a track record delivering manufacturable firmware and diagnostic tooling. Comfortable in roles from tech lead to educator, he also teaches Windows and Linux essentials and mentors teams on quality, CI and embedded architecture. His background in open-source projects (KDE/Amarok, Qt work) and repeated Yocto/kernel contributions reveal a preference for reproducible, auditable platforms rather than ad-hoc hacks. Based in Leuven, Belgium, he combines practical electronics expertise with a research-minded drive to push embedded Linux into novel domains.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Electronics, Bachelor, Electronics at Thomas More University of Applied SciencesBS, Electronics/ICT, BS, Electronics/ICT at De Haagse Hogeschool / The Hague University of Applied SciencesMaster, Electronics, Master, Electronics at KU Leuven - De Nayer Campus (Faculty of Engineering Technology)
Dutch, French, English
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Github Skills (40)
driver9
internet8
java8
openhab7
android7
micropython7
kotlin7
chat6
usb-serial6
react5
end-to-end-encryption4
synology4
react-native4
keybase4
nrf-connect4
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
bartcerneels/Fri3dcamp2020_badge
Sep 2021 - Apr 2022
Contributions:44 commits, 34 pushes, 2 branches in 7 months
Fri3dCamp/Badge2020_micropython
Apr 2022 - Aug 2022
Contributions:1 review, 32 commits, 2 PRs in 4 months
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