About the Speaker

Jay has over 35 years of low-level software and firmware development experience, ranging from embedded controls systems to specialized device drivers to BIOS and bootloaders. After 12 years working for various employers, Jay founded SysPro Consulting, LLC in 2001, an engineering consulting firm that focuses primarily on providing specialized software engineering expertise to their clientele.

In 2011, SysPro began working with Intel Corporation to support the development of boot firmware solutions for Intel® processors that are an alternative to a traditional UEFI BIOS for embedded applications. After several years of enabling such boot firmware solutions on various hardware designs, SysPro began working with Intel’s customers to provide these services directly to them. In 2017, SysPro began developing alternative boot firmware solutions for systems used in various U.S. DoD programs, and currently government programs are the majority of SysPro’s business.

Jay promotes many of the key advantages of using alternative boot firmware solutions over traditional UEFI BIOS firmware for defense and other embedded systems applications and has written a number of white papers on the subject.