Summary
Andy Castellari is a Principal Software Engineer with three decades of experience designing and delivering embedded systems, from award-winning fisheye IP cameras and an FPGA Wavelet video codec to Transport for London’s contactless payment rollout. He blends deep C/C++ and Linux expertise with hands-on product lifecycle ownership—writing production and calibration test software, creating BOMs, managing manufacturers offshore, and liaising with directors, investors and factory floors. Andy has repeatedly turned research-grade algorithms into shipped hardware/software products, including developing SPIHT-based compression vectors to support FPGA implementations. He is comfortable leading multi-vendor projects and supervising cross-discipline teams while remaining a pragmatic coder and troubleshooter. Based in the UK, he now contributes to open source between industry engagements, bringing rare breadth across embedded firmware, device drivers, media processing and customer-facing systems. An understated strength is his track record of shipping first-of-a-kind systems that scale to millions of users and survive real-world manufacturing and operational constraints.
10 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics and Physcis, 2:1, Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics and Physcis, 2:1 at University of London
English