Fadi Kassem
Leader, Software Engineering at Cisco
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFadi Kassem is a leader in software engineering with over a decade of experience designing and shipping firmware and security-focused networking products. He has deep expertise in power and thermal management firmware for high-performance server chips (P7–P9) and now leads Next Generation Firewall engineering at Cisco. Known for patience and strong troubleshooting, he prioritizes quality, maintainability, and reusable designs across embedded and system-level code. Fadi combines hands-on development with clear communication and team leadership, mentoring engineers while driving complex projects to production. Based in Austin, he holds an MS in Computer Science from UT El Paso and brings a rare blend of low-level firmware mastery and product-oriented orchestration. A practical problem-solver, he often surfaces architectural fixes that prevent recurring incidents rather than just treating symptoms.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Computer Science, Master of Science (MS), Computer Science at The University of Texas at El Paso
Github Skills (5)
openpower9
overlay8
makefile8
firmware7
buildroot5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
open-power/occ
Nov 2014 - Nov 2015
Contributions:28 commits, 1 comment in 1 year
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