Mathieu Olivari is a staff engineer in the connectivity and networking software group of Qualcomm Atheros (QCA). He led the conversion to an OpenWrt-based SDK to speed customer go-to-market delivery time for the AP/router market. OpenWrt integration enabled a new class of platform software deliverables, on top of the existing independent Qualcomm Atheros connectivity solutions. Mathieu leads development and integration across all technical aspects of the program, plus contributes back to the community. 

Prior to this, Mathieu was Field Application Engineer for Atheros Communications in Paris. He supported some of the main European customers to facilitate product adoption and integration. Before this, he worked as a software engineer in Sagemcom Broadband, in Paris.

He obtained his master’s degree at ENSEIRB, in Bordeaux (France), with an emphasis on Embedded Software Engineering.