Paul DeCarlo
Houston, Texas, United States
Summary
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RockstarPaul DeCarlo is a Principal Cloud Advocate and Manager in Developer Relations at Microsoft and an adjunct professor at the University of Houston with 12 years of experience building IoT, AI, and edge-to-cloud solutions. He drives cloud advocacy strategy and first‑party content that demonstrates device-to-cloud scenarios, channels product feedback into engineering, and accelerates Azure adoption. A startup founder of WinCoder LLC and active open-source contributor (notably to Azure/connectthedots, where he integrated Particle device firmware and sensors like DHT11/DS18B20 to stream telemetry to Azure), he blends embedded systems craftsmanship with developer relations leadership. Off duty he tends thirteen trees, rides mountain bikes, and looks after his dog Chief and cat Kitty, a glimpse into the hands-on curiosity that informs his work.
12 years of coding experience
Github Skills (10)
iot10
c-language10
iotdevkit10
c-programming-language10
webhooks10
microsoft-azure9
sys9
azure9
embedded9
rest-api8
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/connectthedots
Jan 2015 - Jun 2017
Connect tiny devices to Microsoft Azure services to build IoT solutions
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:24 commits, 15 PRs, 10 comments in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Paul contributed significantly to integrating various hardware devices (SparkCore and potentially others) with the Azure cloud platform. Their work focused on developing firmware and application code for these devices, specifically involving the integration of sensors (DHT11, DS18B20) to collect environmental data and send it to the cloud using Particle Webhooks. The user also refactored and optimized the code for the Particle devices, including improvements to the webhook implementation. Further contributions involved removing deprecated components like the AMS proxy and refactoring and documenting the code.
azure-cosmos-dbtinyazure-servicesiot-solutionsmicrosoft-azure
toolboc/IntelligentEdgeHOL
Jul 2019 - May 2021
The IntelligentEdgeHOL walks through the process of deploying an IoT Edge module to an Nvidia Jetson Nano device to allow for detection of objects in YouTube videos, RTSP streams, or an attached web cam
Contributions:40 commits, 4 PRs, 48 pushes in 1 year 10 months
nvidia-jetson-nanowalkscamstreamsvideos
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