Brendan Holt
Automation Engineer
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrendan Holt is an automation engineer with nine years of hands-on experience building embedded and robotics software for real-world agricultural systems. Based in California, he develops C++ firmware across ESP32/FreeRTOS and ROS2 stacks, integrating WiFi, secure data pipelines, real-time video streaming, and camera/end effector calibration to deploy robust field robots for the multibillion-dollar strawberry industry. He also trains and optimizes lightweight computer vision models, guiding data collection and model tweaks to meet strict time and space constraints in outdoor settings. Brendan works across the full product lifecycle—from prototyping and field testing to commercial deployment and stakeholder presentations—and recruits and mentors interns and collaborators. His background blends formal CS and STEM honors work with practical service-industry roots, giving him a pragmatic, user-focused approach to automation. An open-source contributor and multidisciplinary team player, he excels at turning research insights into efficient, deployable solutions.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science - AS, Mathematics (Honors), Physical Science (Honors), Computer Science (High Honors), Associate of Science - AS, Mathematics (Honors), Physical Science (Honors), Computer Science (High Honors) at El Camino CollegeCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Github Skills (2)
nodejs6
automation4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
CBSDigital/Hiero-Wiretap
Oct 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:14 commits, 8 pushes in 8 days
brendanholt/gaffer
Nov 2018 - Nov 2018
Gaffer is an open source application framework designed specifically for creating tools for use in visual effects production.
Contributions:1 branch in 1 day
gafferapplication-frameworkproductionvisual-effects
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