Rapita Systems
Dr. Hashem Ghazzawi is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in account and business management within the technology sector. Currently serving as a Senior Account Manager at Rapita Systems since December 2015, Dr. Ghazzawi has contributed to the development of verification tools for software testing on embedded systems. Prior experience includes various roles at Airbus Group, where responsibilities ranged from Research Engineer to Senior Business Development Manager, focusing on optimizing workflow management and real-time scheduling through advanced algorithms. Additional experience includes IT consultancy at Shell Step and a year-long placement as a Process Control and Automation Engineer at Tata Steel. Dr. Ghazzawi holds an Engineering Doctorate in Control Theory and Real-Time Scheduling from the University of York and a Master of Engineering in Systems and Control Engineering from The University of Sheffield.
Rapita Systems
Rapita Systems is a leading supplier of software verification tools and services, providing quality solutions to the global high-integrity aerospace and automotive electronics industries. We help our customers to increase software quality, deliver evidence to meet safety and certification objectives and reduce project costs. The Rapita Verification Suite (RVS) makes software testing more efficient and reliable. It integrates with existing development environments and offers flexible, low overhead strategies to collect verification data including unit test, structural coverage and worst-case execution time data from the most complex targets including multicore processors. RVS was designed with safety in mind and is qualifiable for use in environments such as DO-178C/ED-12C and ISO 26262. Supporting its position as a key provider of verification solutions, Rapita Systems provides expert multicore timing and V&V services aimed at safety or mission-critical environments, supporting a range of activities including unit integration, system and acceptance testing, timing analysis and optimization (for both single- and multi-core systems), compiler validation and assurance services. Rapita's multii-core solution, MACH178, provides an end-to-end solution for providing certification evidence to satisfy DO-178C and A(M)C 20-193 objectives. In 2022 Danlaw Group acquired Maspatechnologies SL in Spain, expanding the specialized multicore verification expertise within the Rapita Systems group. Rapita is a wholly owned subsidiary of Danlaw Inc (www.danlawinc.com) and Rapita Systems Inc. can handle US controlled defense information in compliance with ITAR regulation.