Ivan Vecera
Principal Linux Kernel Engineer (Network Stack Network Drivers) at Red Hat
Zlin, Czechia
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Top SchoolIvan Vecera is a Principal Linux Kernel Engineer with 15+ years focused on networking, currently driving core network stack and device driver work at Red Hat. He co-maintains upstream switchdev infrastructure and the zl3073x DPLL driver, and is a maintainer for Ethtool, bridge/switchdev, and Mellanox mlxsw in RHEL. His hands-on experience spans fixing and enhancing high-profile drivers (mlxsw, be2net, bna, tg3, r8169) and deep expertise in bridge/TC subsystems. Beyond server networking, he contributes to embedded and Android system development as the official LineageOS maintainer for the Mi 9 Lite (pyxis), showing a practical cross-domain skillset. Based in Zlín, Czechia, Ivan combines long-term kernel stewardship with pragmatic engineering that keeps production networks and embedded platforms interoperable.
16 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Informatics, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Informatics at Masarykova univerzita v Brne
Slovak, English
Github Skills (69)
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xiaomi10
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android-kernel10
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jasmine10
llvm-clang10
sega-genesis9
home-assistant9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ivecera/android_frameworks_base
Feb 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:2 PRs, 30 pushes, 79 branches in 2 years
LineageOS/android_kernel_xiaomi_sdm710
Mar 2021 - Dec 2022
Contributions:128 commits in 1 year 9 months
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