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Karim J. Yaghmour /
Founder and CEO
Karim is most widely known as the author of
O'Reilly's book on
Building Embedded Linux Systems
published in 2003. In 1999, Karim founded Opersys inc., an outfit specializing in
providing expertise and training on the use of the Linux operating system in embedded
systems. As Opersys' CEO, he successfully expanded its operations to include in its
portfolio clients such as Motorola, Panasonic, and BAE Systems.
In addition to steering Opersys inc., Karim has made numerous contributions as part of his
active involvement in the Open Source community. In 1999, for instance, he introduced the
Linux Trace Toolkit
and was later joined in this effort by many individuals from leading technology companies,
including members of IBM's Reliability, Accessibility and Serviceability (RAS) and T.J.
Watson research teams. He went on to author key whitepapers and proposals which led to
such technologies as the Adeos nanokernel, which
is currently relied upon by the Xenomai real-time
framework, and the relayfs filesystem, which was
jointly developed with IBM's RAS team and has since been included in the mainline Linux
kernel distributed at kernel.org. Karim has also
published a number of technical papers and has presented at numerous international
conferences on various topics.
In 2003, his expertise was sought by the CE Linux
Forum, an organization created by Sony Electronics and Matsushita (Panasonic) for
the enhancement of Linux for use in consumer electronics, which selected him as one of two
Special Supporting Members in order to help guide the forum's efforts. Online
collaboration being at the core of all Open Source development, Karim had witnessed
first-hand the modern pains and problems facing users of conventional collaboration tools.
He had, therefore, initially been seeking ways to enhance the value of the predominant
and, arguably, the most effective online collaboration tool: email. This motivation
eventually led to what is now Kryptiva. Karim holds a Masters and Bachelors in
computer engineering from the École Polytechnique de Montréal.
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For 24 years, Guy was a partner in a world-renowned accounting firm. In addition to being
on the regional office's board of directors for 8 years, he led its executive team for
more than 3 years. Since, Guy has actively contributed to the founding and management of
many services-oriented and manufacturing companies. Specifically, he was very actively
involved for many years in the running of businesses in the fields of security systems and
cable television providers before later being involved in manufacturing companies both in
Canada and in France.