James is an embedded systems engineer, with a history of working on software for a wide range of systems, including safety critical avionics, and rapidly prototyped IoT systems. James is a founding member of the Rust [Embedded Working Group](https://github.com/rust-embedded/wg), as well as a founder of [Ferrous Systems](https://ferrous-systems.com), a consultancy focused on systems development in Rust, with a specialty in embedded systems development.
James is working hard to bring Rust to new places in the embedded domain, including efforts to qualify the Rust language for use in safety critical systems through the [Sealed Rust](https://ferrous-systems.com/blog/sealed-rust-the-plan/) initiative, and building easy to use open source tooling in the [Knurling-rs](https://github.com/knurling-rs) project.
Anachro-PC is an in-progress teaching architecture for learning about building complex embedded systems in Rust. Anachro-PC is a simplified version of a PC, where every component can be built from commodity microcontrollers. It aims to be fault-tolerant and simulation-friendly for rapid development.
RustLab is a conference made by Develer.
Develer is a company based in Campi Bisenzio, near Florence. Our motto is : "Technology to give life to your products". We produce hardware and software to create exceptional products and to improve industrial processes and people's well being.
In Develer we have passion for the new technologies and we offer our clients effective solutions that are also efficient, simple and safe for the end users. We also believe in a friendly and welcoming environment where anybody can give their contribution. This passion and this vision are what we've been driven to organize our conference "made by developers for developers".
