Chris Mccammon
Head Of Marketing at Aptera Motors
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolChris Mccammon is a growth-focused Head of Marketing based in San Diego with eight years of experience building content, community, and product narratives for hardware-forward startups. He led content that helped Aptera raise over $140M—the largest crowdfunding in history—and scaled socials dramatically (including a TikTok from 500 to 150k+), while now steering marketing strategy as Head of Marketing. A hands-on operator who founded a profitable SaaS for Disneyland reservations and managed production at comma.ai, he bridges engineering and storytelling: his open-source commits expanded firmware support across Toyota, Honda, Acura, and Lexus modules in the high-profile commaai/openpilot project. Chris combines technical literacy, event and community activation, and measurable growth outcomes to turn complex hardware and mobility products into compelling consumer stories.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Game Production Management, Business, Game Production Management, Business at Champlain CollegeHigh School Diploma, STEM, High School Diploma, STEM at Baxter Academy for Tech & Sciences
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Github Skills (18)
robotics10
python10
firmware10
system10
driver10
sys10
updater10
live-update10
iot9
embedded9
html6
activerecord6
ruby-on-rails6
nodejs6
whereclause6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
commaai/openpilot
Dec 2018 - Feb 2022
openpilot is an operating system for robotics. Currently, it upgrades the driver assistance system on 300+ supported cars.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:22 releases, 27 reviews, 145 commits in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily contributed to the project by adding and modifying firmware versions within the Toyota, Honda, Acura, and Lexus car modules. Their commits involve updating values.py files, which likely contain configurations and data relevant to the car's control system. They focused on adding firmware versions for various vehicle models and model years, which suggests a role in maintaining and expanding the compatibility of the openpilot software with different car models.
driveroperating-systemroboticsdriver-assistance-systemsadvanced-driver-assistance-systems
VirtuallyChris/openpilot
Apr 2020 - Oct 2020
open source driving agent
Contributions:1 release, 143 pushes, 17 branches in 5 months
drivingmachine-learningagent
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