Branson Matheson
IoT Operations Principal Engineer
Yorktown, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolBranson Matheson is an IoT Operations Principal Engineer with 30+ years of hands-on experience designing and securing complex distributed systems, cloud deployments, and data centers. He combines deep expertise in Kubernetes, AWS, OpenStack, Ansible and Linux/Unix with a strong background in IT security, incident response, and systems architecture across aerospace, government, and enterprise environments. A longtime operator and architect, he has led cloud replatforming and automation efforts at Cisco, managed high-availability production environments, and conducted penetration testing and forensic investigations. Beyond core infrastructure work he contributes to open-source lighting control (QLC+) and volunteers as a technical director for a show choir, reflecting a practical appetite for hardware, control systems and creative engineering. His track record includes Top Secret/SBI and other clearances and teaching engagements at industry conferences and O’Reilly, underscoring both technical depth and a commitment to sharing knowledge.
11 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Old Dominion University
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Github Skills (12)
midi10
midi-instrument10
lightning10
lightening10
lighty10
dmx51210
cplus9
javascript9
cpp9
qml8
qt8
artnet7
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
mcallegari/qlcplus
May 2017 - Jan 2021
Q Light Controller Plus (QLC+) is a free and cross-platform software to control DMX or analog lighting systems like moving heads, dimmers, scanners etc. This project is a fork of the great QLC project written by Heikki Junnila that aims to continue the QLC development and to introduce new features.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 5 commits, 12 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Branson primarily contributed to the project by adding new features and functionality. Their work included adding support for the APC 40 MK II midi controller, expanding the RGB script functionality for lines, and updating the starfield effect with brightness inversion. The user also made changes to the circle effect script and install management files. The contributions suggest a focus on lighting control features.
controllerqlcmidic-plus-plusenttec
sandinak/ansible-home
May 2019 - Jan 2021
Contributions:16 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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