Speaker - Keith Packard

Keith Packard has been developing free software since 1986, working on the X Window System, Linux, amateur rocketry and educational robotics. He is currently a senior principal engineer with the Amazon Leo group building communication satellites using Linux, FreeRTOS and Picolibc. Keith teaches python programming and robotics with students from ages 10-18. He received a Usenix Lifetime Achievement award in 1999, an O'Reilly Open Source award in 2011 and sits on the board of the Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) board. Keith uses he, him and his pronouns