Matt Ranostay
Principal Engineer at Cambridge Consultants
Singapore, Singapore
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt Ranostay is a Principal Engineer based in Singapore with 26 years of hands-on expertise in embedded Linux, kernel development, bootloaders, and security operations. He currently maintains cyber security operations at Cambridge Consultants while helping develop an in-house Bluetooth LE stack, drawing on deep experience bringing up automotive and industrial platforms at Konsulko and Intel. A prolific contributor to open-source projects, his work includes over 200 Linux kernel commits and platform enablement for the Jailhouse hypervisor on TI AM6x SoCs. He combines low-level driver and device-tree expertise with practical product-focused engineering—evident from maintaining transit NFC data in the farebot Android app to complex memory and PCI mappings for hypervisors. Known for resolving thorny integration issues, he bridges research, consulting, and production delivery across embedded, automotive, and security domains.
26 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Credits towards Business/Electrical Engineering Technology degree., Credits towards Business/Electrical Engineering Technology degree. at Stark State College
Github Skills (23)
realtime10
system-configuration10
architecture10
memory-management10
linux10
data-structure10
java10
javas10
hypervisor10
device-tree10
pci10
sys10
android10
data-structures10
arm10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
codebutler/farebot
Feb 2019 - Aug 2019
Read data from public transit cards using your NFC Android phone!
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:5 commits, 5 PRs, 4 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Matt primarily contributed to updating and expanding the transit data for the farebot application. They focused on adding new bus routes, MRT stations, and LRT lines, specifically for the Singapore EZ-Link system. The contributions include updating station codes, bus lines, and premium bus services, thereby enhancing the application's ability to read data from public transit cards. These updates demonstrate a focus on maintaining the accuracy and comprehensiveness of the transit data within the application.
androidnfc
siemens/jailhouse
Mar 2022 - May 2022
Linux-based partitioning hypervisor
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:7 commits in 2 months
Contributions summary:Matt contributed significantly to the Jailhouse hypervisor, primarily focusing on configuring and adapting it for various TI AM6x SoCs, specifically the AM654 and AM625 platforms. They implemented and modified device tree configurations, memory regions, and PCI device setups to support features like eMMC, IVSHMEM demo, and networking. Their work involved adjusting memory maps and resolving conflicts in the configuration files to ensure proper operation of the hypervisor and guest operating systems.
hypervisorlinuxpartitioningreal-time
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