Allen Derusha
Sr. Technology Consultant at Open Systems Technologies, Inc.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Summary
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SeniorAllen Derusha is a seasoned Sr. Technology Consultant based in Grand Rapids with 11+ years focused on virtualization, VDI, SAN and cloud infrastructure, and a long career managing blade servers and storage architectures for enterprise environments. He blends hands-on implementation of VMware Horizon, Citrix XenDesktop, NetApp/HP storage, and Cisco/HP blade platforms with consulting-level design and troubleshooting. At Open Systems Technologies he applies deep Windows and SAN architecture knowledge to deliver desktop virtualization and infrastructure projects. Beyond enterprise systems, he is a practical tinkerer—authoring an embedded LCD touchscreen home automation project that demonstrates proficiency in embedded development, UART hardware control, MQTT integration, and remote debugging. That combination of enterprise infrastructure expertise and low-level embedded work gives him a rare full-stack systems perspective.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (13)
mqtt10
embedded10
sys10
arduino10
home-automation10
wifi10
esp826610
mqttnet10
cprogramming-language9
c-language9
telnet8
arduino-esp82666
embedded-webserver6
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
aderusha/HASwitchPlate
Sep 2017 - Jan 2022
LCD touchscreen for Home Automation
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer (with a focus on embedded systems)
Full-stack Developer (with a focus on embedded systems)Contributions:6 releases, 514 commits, 57 PRs in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Allen primarily contributed to the development of an LCD touchscreen interface for home automation. Their work involved significant modifications to the Arduino sketch, including implementing a new namespace for two-way communication and integrating hardware UART control. They also added remote debugging support via Telnet and implemented Home Assistant MQTT discovery for the device. The contributions demonstrate a strong understanding of embedded systems, networking protocols, and home automation principles.
lcdhome-automationhome-assistantautomationtouchscreen
aderusha/SmartThings
Sep 2015 - Feb 2019
Scripts and tools for SmartThings
Contributions:10 commits, 2 PRs, 21 pushes in 3 years 5 months
smartthings
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