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Doug Abbott

Linux for the real world

  • Name: Doug Abbott
  • Profession: Computer consultant and trainer
  • Company: Intellimetrix
  • Title: Principal Consultant
  • Phone: 575-590-2788
  • Website: www.intellimetrix.us
  • Location: Silver City, NM
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Profile:

Doug Abbott is a consultant, author, and trainer with over thirty years experience in the computing field. He has done both hardware and software design primarily in the area of data acquisition and instrumentation. As a software engineer, his focus has been on the operating system and device driver level with a particular emphasis on embedded applications of Linux.

As an instructor, Mr. Abbott has developed and taught several courses--both in-person and on-line--for UC Berkeley Extension and UC San Diego Extension. These classes have also been presented on-site to a number of well-known institutions including NASA Houston, Wind River Systems, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and TRW among others.

Doug is the author of three books:

     Embedded Linux Development using Eclipse

     Linux for Embedded and Real-time Applications, 2nd Ed.

     PCI Bus Demystified, 2nd Ed.

Doug has both a bachelor's and master's degree in electrical engineering from UC Berkeley. He is a member of the Professional and Technical Consultants Association (PATCA).