Tom Falcon
Summary
👤
SeniorThomas Falcon is a Linux OS development engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in network device drivers and Power architecture support, currently maintaining and debugging IBM network drivers in the Linux kernel at Intel. He has deep expertise in virtual NICs and Virtual Ethernet on PowerVM, contributed upstream patches to the LKML, and implemented performance features like netdev_xmit_more to unlock 100Gb NIC throughput. His background includes OpenShift networking on Power, SR-IOV operator automation, and running local bare-metal test labs—skills that blend low-level C kernel work with practical systems automation in bash and Python. Based in Austin, he pairs production-grade kernel maintenance with testbed administration and documentation, making him effective at moving complex platform networking changes from patch to release.
12 years of coding experience
Github Skills (22)
linux9
kernel9
documentation8
openshift8
audio8
zen8
moto6
linux-kernel6
manageiq4
raspberry-pi4
popcorn3
manjaro3
fedora2
git2
caf2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jallen93/linux-vnic-dbg
Feb 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:53 pushes, 7 branches in 2 months
tlfalcon/linux
Jan 2024 - Jul 2026
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.