Chris Hobbs, Software Safety Specialist, BlackBerry QNX
Chris Hobbs is the author of the definitive book on functional safety, Embedded Software Development for Safety-Critical Systems, and as a kernel developer and functional safety course instructor at BlackBerry QNX, he has advised some of the largest industrial control and automotive companies as they pursued safety-certification standards.
In addition to his software development work, Chris is a flight instructor, a singer with a particular interest in Schubert Lieder, and the author of several non-safety related books, including Flying Beyond, the Canadian Commercial Pilot Textbook (second edition, 2019) and The Largest Number Smaller than Five (2007).
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Steven Rutgers, VP Sales
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