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Mario Limonciello

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Principal Member Of Technical Staff at AMD
📍 Austin, Texas, United States

Mario is a Principal Member Of Technical Staff at AMD with deep expertise in low-level firmware, kernel, and hardware support for Linux. A graduate of Iowa State University, he previously worked at Dell where he was instrumental in "Project Sputnik". People describe him as a dependable superstar.

He is a prolific and key contributor to the open-source community, holding roles as a maintainer for fwupd, a kernel developer, and a core developer for both Ubuntu and Debian. His personal projects include tools for extracting data from Garmin sport watches.

He has been actively involved with Linux enablement since at least 2007, contributing to Ubuntu and ATI installer scripts even before his extensive career at Dell.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Principal Member Of Technical Staff
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Austin, Texas, United States
Personality Overview

How Mario shows up

Assertive
Curious
Example Seeker

They ask a lot of questions and rely heavily on information and collaterals. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.

Priorities

Topics Mario cares about

Linux Enablement
His entire career at AMD and Dell has focused on enabling Linux on client hardware, from kernel patches and firmware updates to leading projects like "Project Sputnik".
Open-Source Firmware
He is a maintainer for fwupd, a key Linux firmware updating utility, and actively contributes to the Linux kernel to improve firmware and hardware interaction.
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Career

Work history

4-2021
Principal Member Of Technical Staff
AMD
2-2008 - 4-2021
Distinguished Member Of Technical Staff
Dell
5-2007 - 12-2007
Global Engineering Services Co-op
IBM Global Services
5-2006 - 12-2006
Analog Design Co-op
Hitachi GST
1-2005 - 8-2005
Bladecenter Hardware Engineering Co-op
IBM
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Media appearances

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Education
2003 - 2007
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Iowa State University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Calculativeness (C)

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