Joshua Riek
Associate Product Manager
Tampa, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoshua Riek is an Associate Product Manager and software engineer with nine years of hands-on experience in embedded Linux, low-level systems programming, and languages including C, C++, Python, and Assembly. He progressed from hardware repair and technical support to shipping security-focused products at OPSWAT, where he now manages MetaDefender Media Firewall to harden removable-media workflows. Joshua maintains an optimized Ubuntu port for Rockchip devices and has practical experience adapting compute modules for Ubuntu 22.04/24.04, reflecting a rare blend of firmware-level insight and product ownership. He is an active open-source contributor and lifelong learner focused on embedded systems, cybersecurity, and automation, bringing practical build-system and image-reproducibility expertise to product engineering. Based in Tampa, Florida, he combines low-level technical depth with a user-centered approach to secure, scalable software.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science - BAS, Technology Development and Management, Software Development, Bachelor of Applied Science - BAS, Technology Development and Management, Software Development at St. Petersburg College
Github Skills (80)
linux-distribution10
bitbake10
firmware10
ubuntu10
iso10
arm10
embedded10
operating-system10
wiringpi10
ppc64le10
debian10
linux10
sqf10
linux-kernel10
nanopi10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Joshua-Riek/AES
Jul 2017 - Nov 2022
Contributions:17 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 5 months
Joshua-Riek/armbian-build
Jul 2023 - Sep 2024
Contributions:26 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 2 months
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