Summary
Eric Davis is a Master Engineer and systems architect with 14+ years building high-performance networking and OS software, currently leading advanced development and architecture at Broadcom. He has deep, hands-on expertise across Ethernet controllers, CNICs, and firmware for x86 and ARM platforms, shipping drivers and data-plane firmware used with DPDK, netmap, FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris and UEFI diagnostics. A long-time FreeBSD committer and Linaro steering committee member, he bridges chip IP to host stacks and has driven cross-platform driver DDKs and virtualization-aware network integrations. Known for tearing systems apart to understand and optimize them, he also maintains an active open-source presence on GitHub, reflecting a persistent hacker mentality alongside enterprise-grade delivery.
14 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
4.4BSD Kernel Internals: An Intensive Code Walkthrough, 4.4BSD Kernel Internals: An Intensive Code Walkthrough at University of California, Berkeley (Extension)
M.S., Computer Science, M.S., Computer Science at Walden University
Embedded Systems Design Using ARM Technology, Embedded Systems Design Using ARM Technology at University of California, Irvine (Extension)
B.S., Computer Science, B.S., Computer Science at University of California, Irvine