Dennis Dalessandro
Manager, Software Engineering (Linux Kernel) at Cornelis Networks
Orrville, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDennis Dalessandro is a seasoned Linux kernel engineer and manager with a decade of experience focused on RDMA device support and low-level kernel development. Based in Orrville, Ohio, he progressed from kernel developer to Manager of Software Engineering at Cornelis Networks, driving both hands-on driver work and team delivery since 2020. He combines deep systems expertise with practical leadership, shepherding complex upstream contributions and product-quality kernel code. A long-time Ohio State Computer Science alum, Dennis is comfortable navigating the intersection of hardware, firmware and Linux subsystems—often tackling subtle concurrency and performance problems that aren't visible at the application layer.
10 years of coding experience
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at The Ohio State University
Github Skills (20)
zen9
kernel9
userspace8
daemons8
linux8
aix8
linux-kernel8
rdma8
libc7
infiniband7
manjaro5
upstream5
distro5
oracle-linux3
amdgpu3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
cornelisnetworks/opa-distro-drivers
Mar 2023 - Apr 2025
Contributions:1 release, 22 pushes, 34 branches in 2 years 1 month
cornelisnetworks/linux
Jul 2021 - Jan 2025
Linux kernel source tree
Contributions:6 pushes, 17 branches, 12 tags in 3 years 7 months
kernellinux-kernellinuxkernel-source
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