Our Engineers
Linaro training is delivered by practicing engineers actively contributing to upstream open-source projects. You learn from people who work daily on real systems, real platforms, and real constraints—not from generic trainers or slideware specialists.
Engineers who teach what they build.
Alexander Sowarka
Alexander Sowarka is an embedded Linux developer with experience building secure, high-performance systems for safety- and security-critical environments. He has worked on the development of a full in-flight entertainment platform, contributing to a unified Linux-based operating system and U-Boot–based bootloader across multiple devices.
His work has included ownership of bootloader development and secure video playback pipelines, enabling 4K premium content and achieving Google Widevine L1 certification on a Linux-based platform. At Linaro, he works on aerospace-focused engineering and automated validation, contributing to LAVA and ONELab, and brings this hands-on experience into engineer-led training.
Behan Webster
Behan Webster is a computer engineer with more than three decades of experience spanning telecom, datacom, optical, wireless, automotive, medical, defence, and games industries. His work has consistently focused on Linux, covering embedded systems, kernels, drivers, bootloaders, software architecture, compilers, and build systems.
He is an early contributor to Debian Linux and the Linux kernel, a former lead of the LLVMLinux project (now ClangBuiltLinux), and the first Yocto Project Ambassador. His career has evolved from hands-on engineering into building teams, mentoring engineers, and delivering advanced, engineer-led training.
For over a decade, Behan has authored and taught in-depth courses on the Linux kernel, debugging, security, the Yocto Project, and embedded systems for engineers in industry and government worldwide.
Ben Mordaunt
Benjamin Mordaunt spent the early part of his career at Arm, working in the Automotive and IoT Line of Business with a focus on CPU performance analysis and firmware and boot support for automotive SoCs.
He has contributed to projects including TF-A, OP-TEE, OpenEmbedded, and the Linux kernel, with particular emphasis on subsystem bring-up for specialized automotive IP. This includes GPU slice partition management, CPU split and lock configuration, and performance modeling and optimization using LLVM-based toolchains.
Amongst his other engineering work for Linaro, Benjamin now applies his industry experience to the delivery of engineer-led training and technical enablement.
Krzysztof Garczynski
Krzysztof is an experienced Linux kernel developer with more than 12 years of expertise in embedded systems and software development. His work focuses on Linux kernel internals, device drivers, bootloaders, and firmware design for complex embedded platforms.
He has strong experience with virtualization technologies including Xen and KVM, and a deep background in C and C++ for embedded systems. His technical specialization includes Arm and DSP-based processors, as well as CPLD and FPGA programmable logic devices.
Krzysztof is also an experienced technical trainer, delivering Linux kernel–focused training sessions and webinars. He holds a Master’s degree in Microsystems Electronic Engineering and brings a rigorous, hands-on approach to engineer-led training.