Summary
Chris White is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience specializing in Real Time Linux kernel development, embedded systems, and system compatibility research. He maintains the real-time kernel for RHEL and CentOS Stream at Red Hat, brings practical Openshift/Kubernetes consulting experience, and has delivered technical presentations and university lectures on virtualization and cloud platforms. Chris holds a MS in Computer Science focused on embedded and kernel architecture and is completing PhD work that extends his thesis on compatibility layers—research that led to a paper accepted at IPDPS RADR22. Comfortable navigating large kernel patch-sets and real-time constraints, he pairs deep systems engineering expertise with hands-on DevOps and Java/database experience from enterprise projects. Notably, he has a track record of porting Android-based converged environments (MaruOS) to new devices, illustrating an uncommon blend of kernel-level and application-facing integration skills.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Auburn University