DornerWorks

Enabling Operating System Portability with Virtual I/O

Posted on August 5, 2025

Presented at GVSETS 2025

Tuesday, August 12 | Legacy Ballroom, 2nd Floor

As the defense industry embraces Modular Open Systems Approaches (MOSA), engineers are being challenged to design flexible, future-ready platforms that reduce integration complexity and accelerate capability upgrades.

Join us at GVSETS 2025 for an in-depth technical presentation on how Virtual I/O and hypervisor technologies are enabling greater operating system portability across hardware platforms—supporting a truly modular, scalable system architecture.

Presentation Speakers:

  • Gary Gilliland – Vice President of Marketing, DDC-I
  • Chris Guikema – Senior Engineer, DornerWorks

Want a preview?  Watch the short video below to see how hypervisors are unlocking new levels of flexibility in defense system design.

About the Speakers:

Chris Guikema is a Senior Engineer at DornerWorks, focusing on secure embedded systems leveraging the seL4 microkernel and virtualization technologies. Since graduating from Grand Valley State University in 2016 with a degree in Electrical Engineering, Chris has contributed to a variety of high-assurance software projects across the defense and aerospace sectors. His extensive experience in real-time operating systems and trusted computing environments allows Chris to play a key role in designing systems to meet customer security requirements.