Brian Spranger
Senior Manager Autonomous Software at Danfoss Power Solutions
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Spranger is a seasoned software leader with over 20 years in engineering and a decade-plus in management, currently serving as Senior Manager of Autonomous Software at Danfoss Power Solutions in Minneapolis. He combines an electrical and computer engineering background with hands-on firmware and backend experience, having begun his career at Open Systems International and risen through technical and managerial roles since 2002. Brian focuses on delivering robust autonomous and embedded software for industrial systems, while mentoring teams to translate complex controls requirements into production-grade solutions. He remains a practical contributor to developer ecosystems—his open-source Xiaomi SmartThings device handlers demonstrate attention to device health, UI refinements, and pragmatic refactoring for real-world interoperability. Known for blending systems-level rigor with incremental, testable delivery, he brings deep domain knowledge in power/controls software and a preference for solving problems end-to-end.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Wittenberg Birnamwood High SchoolBachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Minnesota-Duluth
Github Skills (9)
xiaomi10
zigbee10
xmi10
smartthings10
mi10
system-integration10
handlers10
groovy10
sensor-fusion10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bspranger/Xiaomi
Jun 2017 - Mar 2018
my Xiaomi Device Handlers for Smartthings
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:175 commits, 58 PRs, 170 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Brian primarily contributed to the development of device handlers for Xiaomi devices within the SmartThings ecosystem. Their work included adding support for new features, such as pressure readings, and integrating device health monitoring. The user also refactored existing code and added new UI elements and functions, demonstrating a focus on creating custom device handler implementations.
handlerssmartthingsxiaomi
bspranger/SmartThings_RheemEcoNet
Apr 2017 - Feb 2023
SmartThings support for thee Rheem EcoNet interface
Contributions:14 commits, 1 PR, 13 pushes in 5 years 10 months
smartthingsrheem
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