Rudi Streif has 20+ years of experience in software and hardware engineering, product development, life-cycle management and organizational leadership in the engineering consulting and test equipment industries. At Verimatrix, Streif implemented custom head-end solutions for content security and conditional access for IPTV and DVB digital television systems. Prior to that, as an engineering manager for Teradyne, he leveraged Linux for a high-speed real-time industrial image acquisition and processing system. Early in his career, Streif developed embedded software for automotive components, real-time simulators for testing suspension and stability control systems for commercial vehicles, and deadline scheduling algorithms for fault-tolerant real-time operating systems. Streif joined the Linux Foundation in 2010 as the Director of Embedded Solutions.