Summary
Ben Shelton is a system software architect with 14+ years building Linux kernel and userspace networking stacks at the intersection of software, hardware, and firmware. At Intel he architects the Runtime Development Kit for wireless base station SoCs and leads development of Advanced Ethernet drivers for 100Gb NICs, delivering features like fine-grained hardware QoS, multiqueue userspace fast paths, and SyncE support. He has a proven track record of upstream contributions to DPDK and the Linux kernel, deep experience in virtualization and packet-processing, and a history of cross-organization technical leadership. Based in Eugene, Oregon, he brings embedded real-time and bringup expertise from roles at National Instruments and Cisco, and a practical systems-first approach informed by electrical/computer engineering training. Notably, he translates low-level hardware behaviors into coherent driver models that make complex SoC capabilities accessible to application developers.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering / Computer Science, BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering / Computer Science at Duke University
M.S., Computer Engineering, M.S., Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech
English, Spanish