Everett Pompeii is a senior software engineer with a focus on real-time systems. As a recovering C++ developer, he now enjoys working primarily in Rust. He is a contributor and maintainer for several open source projects, the most recent of which isBencher, a suite of continuous benchmarking tools designed to catch performance regressions before they merge.

Everett has written forInfoQ,The New Stack, andOpen Referral. He has spoken at several conferences includingLinuxConand has been honored as a Linux Foundation Mentorfor detecting and preventing software performance regressions.

Professionally, Everett has worked in a variety of programming languages: Rust, C, C++, Python, JavaScript, Typescript, Go, Java, Ruby, Bash, SQL, and more. Currently, he is building unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and ground control stations (GCS) in Rust. Previously, he worked on Runtime Application Self-Protection libraries usingLangSec principles witheBPFand other Linux Kernel primitives. He has lead ground braking research onDARPA IDAS. While working on Cross Domain Solutions, Everett co-lead the design and development of a new productsecure enough to meet NSA standards.