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Olathe, KS, US

• Developing embedded Linux, DSP, and microcontroller software.
• Hardware peripheral integration: I2C/SPI comms, ADC/DAC, dynamic PWM controlled charger, in circuit programming

• Team captain and manager for the Mizzou Valorant team.
• Managed scrimmages, league registration, roster, inter-collegiate communications, and was one of five main players on the roster that made it to the NACE 2020 Championship.

• Worked on servo control, battery management, and trace routing/PCB layout in EAGLE for a prosthetic hand.

Joplin, MO, US

• Lead the hardware initialization and communication porting project from an STM ARM Cortex M3 to a Nuvoton ARM Cortex M4.
• Programmed SPI, UART, Ethernet, Flash Memory Control and GPIO configuration and communication.
• Implemented FreeRTOS into the new system to improve reliability and predictability of the device.
• Created a configurable routine power cycle for an existing ARM Cortex-M3 based system

Zurich, ZH, CH

• Developed software in C and C++ to take in sensor data over SPI and communicate this over MQTT to the cloud.
• Made use of sleep modes and batch processing to stay power efficient for an IoT device entirely run off solar.
• Relative to the most comparable device currently produced, the IoT Sensor with its added capabilities, allowed for improvement in the following areas: - 72% less power - 44% lower cost - 70% smaller total volume
• The process of creating this device from the ground up involved a lot of teamwork, working with international ABB teams, working in multiple disciplines such as software, electrical, and mechanical, and especially.

• Created and managed a YouTube channel with 44,000+ subscribers
• 350+ videos worth of editing, planning, and collaboration experience