Bob Foerster
Chief Software Architect at Sunless, Inc.
Canfield, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBob Foerster is a Chief Software Architect with over 15 years of experience designing and delivering complex systems from embedded devices to IoT cloud platforms that coordinate thousands of endpoints. He blends hands-on engineering with technical leadership at SecuraStock and as Head Software Engineer at Sunless, Inc., driving architecture, performance tuning, and reliable production delivery. His background in electrical and computer engineering (Youngstown State University and Ohio State) informs a systems-first approach that bridges firmware, back-end services, and operational concerns. An active contributor to the bitbake build system, he has improved performance and robustness in a core open-source tool used across embedded Linux ecosystems. Based in Canfield, Ohio, he pairs practical optimizations—like low-level refactors and signal-handling fixes—with UI and developer-experience improvements that reduce build pain and accelerate teams. Colleagues rely on him to tame complexity and translate device-scale requirements into maintainable, scalable software architectures.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BE, Electrical/Computer Engineering, BE, Electrical/Computer Engineering at Youngstown State UniversityMaster's of Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Master's of Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering at The Ohio State University
Github Skills (15)
build-system10
python10
bitbake10
server7
server-manager7
server-administration7
gatsbyjs7
management7
manage7
multiprocessing7
multi-process7
python-multiprocessing7
live-update6
software-update6
realtime-updates6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
openembedded/bitbake
Nov 2010 - Dec 2010
The official bitbake Git is at https://git.openembedded.org/bitbake/. Do not open issues or file pull requests here.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Bob primarily contributed to the `bitbake` build system, optimizing and improving the code's performance. They focused on refactoring code to use `xrange` instead of `range` for efficiency and also updated the code to handle server interrupt signals correctly. The user implemented UI enhancements, specifically related to the alternative UI, as well as fixing various issues. These changes include updates to parsing events and handling build progress.
bitbake
erafx-tech/capacitor-media-session
Jul 2024 - Sep 2025
Capacitor plugin for media notifications and platform media keys as well as background audio playback.
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch, 1 tag in 1 year 2 months
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