Chris Bagwell
Senior Embedded Software Engineer at Fujitsu Network Communications
Frisco, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Bagwell is a Senior Embedded Software Engineer with 26 years in telecom, currently driving embedded systems and device driver development at Fujitsu Network Communications. He specializes in object-oriented architecture, software-hardware integration, and performance- and cost-optimization for high-reliability systems. An active open-source maintainer and contributor, he maintains SoX (the Swiss Army knife of sound processing) and has integrated drivers into the Linux kernel, demonstrating deep cross-domain expertise. Chris combines hands-on coding—refactoring for large-file support and cross-platform builds—with leadership in collaborative, global engineering communities. Based in Frisco, Texas, he brings a pragmatic problem-solving mindset that aligns technical solutions with business objectives and long-term maintainability.
26 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of North Texas
Github Skills (12)
file-handling10
c1710
file-processing10
file-access10
c1110
sound-processing10
fileio10
multiplatform9
cross-platform9
build-system8
cprogramming-language7
c-language7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
chirlu/sox
Mar 2011 - Feb 2015
SoX, Swiss Army knife of sound processing
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:78 commits in 4 years
Contributions summary:Chris primarily contributed to improving the core functionality of the SoX sound processing tool. Their work involved refactoring existing code, such as converting file length types for large file support and fixing effect pipelines for features like fade. Additionally, the user made changes to improve the build process, including support for windows systems. Further updates included making libsndfile-1.0.12 the minimum supported version and removing support for older versions of libFLAC and mp3lame.
audio-processingarmysoxhyphenationknife
cbagwell/Marlin
Jul 2022 - Jul 2023
Marlin is an optimized firmware for RepRap 3D printers based on the Arduino platform. | Many commercial 3D printers come with Marlin installed. Check with your vendor if you need source code for your specific machine.
Contributions:72 pushes, 9 branches in 1 year
vendorfirmwarereprapavr3d-printer
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