Alexey Brodkin is an engineering manager at Synopsys, where he drives development of low-level run-time software for ARC processors. Alexey is an ambassador for the Zephyr RTOS project, helping to promote and educate the community and partners about the project. He has contributed to various areas of Zephyr, including ARC architecture code, tooling, and documentation. Alexey is passionate about open-source software and has contributed to several other projects, including U-Boot, Buildroot, and Yocto Project. He has given talks at various technical conferences, including Embedded Linux Conference and Open Source Summit.