Dennis Dalessandro
Manager, Software Engineering (Linux Kernel) at Cornelis Networks
Orrville, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDennis Dalessandro is a seasoned Linux kernel engineer and manager with a decade of experience focused on RDMA device support and low-level kernel development. Based in Orrville, Ohio, he progressed from kernel developer to Manager of Software Engineering at Cornelis Networks, driving both hands-on driver work and team delivery since 2020. He combines deep systems expertise with practical leadership, shepherding complex upstream contributions and product-quality kernel code. A long-time Ohio State Computer Science alum, Dennis is comfortable navigating the intersection of hardware, firmware and Linux subsystems—often tackling subtle concurrency and performance problems that aren't visible at the application layer.
10 years of coding experience
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at The Ohio State University
Github Skills (17)
infiniband10
rdma10
linux-kernel10
daemons10
userspace10
zen9
linux9
kernel9
oracle-linux3
drm3
oracle3
driver3
amdgpu3
poco1
amd1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
cornelisnetworks/linux
Jul 2021 - Apr 2026
Linux kernel source tree
Contributions:6 pushes, 25 branches, 12 tags in 4 years 10 months
kernellinux-kernellinuxkernel-source
ddalessa/kernel
Oct 2015 - Oct 2020
Contributions:1 PR, 90 pushes, 116 branches in 5 years 1 month
kernellinux-kernellinuxkernel-development
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