Andre Odermatt is a Principal Application Engineer for Real-Time Innovations (RTI). He received his BS in Electrical Engineering from the Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture, and Diploma of advanced studies in software engineering from the Bern University of Applied Science. Andre has over 20 years of experience in embedded software development and communication software. Prior to RTI, he worked on Telecom protocols at Alcatel where he developed test systems for Asynchronous Transfer mode systems and Trillium Digital Systems where he was responsible for the SS7 product line. Andre is the chair of the FACE Consortium Integration Workshop Standing Committee (IWS) which is responsible for organizing integration events within the FACE Consortium and reviewing TIM papers.