Privately held embedded RTOS (real-time-OS) and Linux vendor LynuxWorks says it has received $11M funding from existing investors, and appointed three executives, on the heels of its most successful quarter in nearly four years. The company says revenue derived from the military-aerospace market increased 95 percent.

LynuxWorks also said it experienced “strong growth” from multiple regions, including North America, Europe, and Asia, where it will continue to rebuild operations, it said.

LynuxWorks is a privately held company that is not obliged to report its earnings publicly. The company filed for IPO in 2000, only to withdraw its filing just as recession hit the tech sector.

LynuxWorks predicted in April that it would double revenue and increase staffing 30 percent this year, largely as a result of having been tapped by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to supply LynxOS RTOS and LynxOS-178 safety critical RTOS for the DoD's massive Future Combat Systems (FCS) Integrated Computer System (ICS). Linux binary compatibility was key in LynuxWorks's selection, as much of the software expected to run ICS component systems is being written on Linux, LynuxWorks said at the time.

LynuxWorks in May made a pair of executive appointments, promoting VP of engineering Gurjot Singh to the post of COO, while bringing in Mark Baker, former VP of worldwide sales at Wasabi Systems, to run its sales team. In August, it established an exclusive US distribution relationship with a division of Arrow Electronics serving industrial and government markets.

Today, LynuxWorks announced three additional executive appointments, including:

• Robert Day (pictured) was appointed VP of marketing, tasked with leading corporate communications and brand strategy, as well as management of the company's product and program marketing teams. Previously, Day led marketing at Mentor Graphics's embedded software division, where he built up the Nucleus RTOS brand and brought in UML and Eclipse-based development tools, LynuxWorks says
• Joe Wlad was appointed director of product marketing, tasked with “guiding product direction.” Previously, Wlad managed aerospace products and projects for Wind River, and held design, development, test, and evaluation positions at Intermetrics, and McDonnell-Douglas. He is a FAA DER (Federal Aviation Administration Designated Engineering Representative) for systems and equipment and software, and has co-authored three patents on GPS (global positioning system) integrity functions
• Bosco Chan was appointed managing director of Asia Pacific and Japan (AJAP) sales, tasked with directing sales and business development, particularly in telecom. Chan previously served as embedded communications computing director of worldwide field application engineering for Motorola.

CEO Inder Singh stated, “We continue to receive strong market validation, with record sales growth across our entire product portfolio. We are positioned for continued growth and expansion.”

LynuxWorks's jobs page currently shows about 10 listings for embedded engineers, many with multiple openings.

 
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