Colin Walls has over forty years' experience in the electronics industry, largely involved with embedded software - very much a pioneer in this specialty.
He has been a frequent presenter at conferences and seminars including:
• Embedded Systems Conference, San Jose and Boston
• Embedded World, Nuremberg
• Arm Tech Con, California
• Mentor events world-wide
• Numerous partner events
Colin has authored a great many technical articles and one of the first books on embedded software ["Programming Dedicated Microprocessors"; Macmillan Education, 1986]. His most recent publication is "Embedded Software: The Works" [2nd edition; Newnes, 2012], which addresses a wide range of embedded software topics.
He is an embedded software technologist with Mentor, a Siemens business, and maintains a blog at http://blogs.mentor.com/colinwalls. Colin is based in the UK, where he lives with his family. Away from work, his main interests are photography, reading/writing, and food and drink.
