Summary
Trevor Cooper is a solutions architect and seasoned engineering leader with 11+ years focused on server platforms, networking, high-performance computing and embedded systems, now based in Portland, Oregon. He has driven platform and reference-architecture initiatives at Intel for AI, HPC and 5G while leading open-source projects and influencing industry standards through Linux Foundation committees. Trevor blends hands-on firmware and bare-metal performance optimization with strategic roadmap definition, IP evaluation and customer proof-of-concept delivery across telecoms, cloud and IoT markets. He holds multiple patents spanning Edge Cloud, orchestration, virtualization, telemetry and security, reflecting a knack for turning deep technical insight into commercial innovation. A committed mentor and volunteer, he has led rural communications and EdTech deployments and training programs for entrepreneurs in Africa, highlighting a long-standing focus on closing the digital divide. Now consulting and architecting solutions for silicon and systems vendors, he pairs cross-functional leadership with practical engineering execution to deliver scalable, high-performance products.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Master of Science - MS at University of Cape Town
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of the Witwatersrand