Andy Gikling
CEO at SoundGains Technologies
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolAndy Gikling is a technology CEO and founder with 12 years of hands-on experience building embedded Linux systems, real-time firmware, and industrial control software. As CEO of Backburner Labs and longtime owner of SoundGains Technologies he specializes in FDA 62304-compliant medical firmware, Yocto-based Linux builds, Qt touch-screen UIs, IoT, and green energy solutions. His background spans laser and FPGA controls, machine vision, and robotics through roles at LasX and Caterpillar, giving him a rare blend of hardware-level control and user-facing software expertise. Andy has a track record of turning complex, regulated requirements into reliable products and enjoys creating technical primers and talks (notably on Yocto and blockchain) to demystify deep engineering topics. Based in Saint Paul, he combines entrepreneurial leadership with continual hands-on engineering, from BSP to UI. An electrical engineering and physics graduate, he often bridges the gap between circuit boards and cloud-connected applications in emerging tech.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BS, BA, Electrical Engineering / Physics, BS, BA, Electrical Engineering / Physics at University of Saint Thomas
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Github Skills (155)
cpp10
csharp10
objective-c10
grpc9
ruby9
python9
prism9
bluetooth9
visual-studio9
wpf9
php9
vscode-extension9
mvvm9
xamarin-forms9
vscode9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
andygikling/BBot
Sep 2013 - Feb 2014
Contributions:45 commits in 5 months
lema-io/core
Jun 2020 - Jan 2021
:house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first
Contributions:4 PRs, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
raspberry-pihouseprivacy-firstprivacygarden
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