Alan Chatham
Executive Director at Laboratory
Spokane, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlan Chatham is an interdisciplinary technologist and arts leader with 14 years of experience building interactive experiences, embedded systems, and community arts programs from Spokane. As Executive Director of Laboratory and partner at Fellow Coworking he blends technical fluency—C/C++, embedded AVR development (notably the UnoJoy Arduino-to-PS3 controller work)—with program leadership, residency curation, and small-business operations. His background spans academic research in physical play at RMIT, product-focused firmware and microelectronic design, and hands-on fabrication skills including welding and woodworking. Alan’s combination of HCI training from Carnegie Mellon and practical experience—from sculpting studios to running storefront art installations—uniquely positions him to translate playful, tangible interactions into deployable systems and public programming.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Class A CDL, Truck Driving, Class A CDL, Truck Driving at Drivers Training Solutions / Spokane Community CollegeMaster's degree, Human Computer Interaction, Master's degree, Human Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon UniversityBachelor's of Arts, Economics, Computer Science, Bachelor's of Arts, Economics, Computer Science at Pomona College
Github Skills (12)
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
AlanChatham/UnoJoy
Feb 2014 - Mar 2019
UnoJoy! allows you to easily turn an Arduino Uno (or Mega or Leonardo) into a PS3-compatible USB game controller
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 1 review, 15 commits in 5 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Alan primarily worked on the UnoJoy project, transforming an Arduino Uno into a PS3-compatible USB game controller. Their contributions involved significant code modifications to the PS2interface.c file, suggesting a focus on the communication protocols and low-level programming required for interfacing with the PlayStation 2. Further work included adjustments to processing visualizer and the firmware for the Arduino, indicating a full-stack approach to the project's various components.
arduino-unogame-controllerusb
AlanChatham/VMap
Oct 2014 - Mar 2018
Contributions:42 commits, 12 pushes in 3 years 5 months
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