Alison recently joined Mentor Graphics Embedded Software Division.  Her IVI technical work has focused on the never-ending problem of getting the audio and graphics stacks to work properly with Linux.  She comes into contact with Bay Area IVI innovators as the organizer of the 370+-member Silicon Automotive Open Source Group.  In the last few years Alison has shown many IVI demos, including several at Linux Foundation events.  Before Nokia she labored in clean rooms at H.P. Labs.