Gernot Heiser

CTO & Founder

Gernot Heiser cofounded OK in August of 2006. He is the technical leader of the firm. As Chief Technology Officer, his specific responsibility is to set the strategic direction of the company's research and development, in order to maintain and further expand OK's technical leadership.

Prior to cofounding OK,Dr. Heiser created and lead the Embedded, Real-Time and Operating Systems (ERTOS) research program at NICTA, the national center of excellence for information and communications technology, and has established ERTOS as a recognized world leader in embedded operating-systems technology. Dr Heiser continues in this position on a part-time basis, in order to ensure the strategic alignment of OK and ERTOS, and the smooth transfer of ERTOS research outcomes for commercialization in OK. Prior to NICTA's creation in 2003, Dr Heiser was a full-time faculty member at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), where he created a suite of world-class OS courses, lead the development of several research operating systems, and built the group that provided the foundation for ERTOS and later OK. He still holds the position of Professor for Operating Systems at UNSW, the only such chair in Australia, and continues to teach advanced-level courses and supervise a large number of PhD students.

Gernot Heiser holds a PhD from ETH Zurich.

Back To Top