Robert Hoo
Software Coach -- Virtualization Expert
Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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Top SchoolRobert Hoo is a virtualization-focused software coach and engineer with 10+ years driving KVM/QEMU and hypervisor features across Intel Xeon and RISC-V server platforms. Currently at Huawei after leading virtualization enablement for a RISC‑V server startup, he blends hands‑on kernel-level development (VT‑d, IOMMU) with process and validation leadership from roles at Intel and Cisco. He has a track record of upstreaming features to open-source communities and building test automation and validation frameworks that bridge vendors and cloud service providers. Robert also brings networking and embedded systems roots—QoS, VPN, IPv6, and VoIP gateway work—informing pragmatic platform integrations. Known as a technical coach, he grows teams through process, tooling, and architecture guidance rather than just coding. Based in Shanghai, he pairs engineering depth with cross-cultural experience in major global hardware and networking firms.
9 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BE); Bachelor of Business Computer Science; Corporate Finance, Bachelor of Engineering (BE); Bachelor of Business Computer Science; Corporate Finance at Huazhong University of Science and Technology
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (9)
c1710
c1110
emulation10
qemu10
virtualization10
x8610
acpi9
udp6
socks6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
robert-hoo/rhel-8
May 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
kata-containers/linux
Mar 2021 - Apr 2022
Contributions:8 commits in 1 year 1 month
containerskernellinuxkata-containersdocker
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