Chris Osterwood
Chief Executive Officer at Pittsburgh Robotics Network
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolChris Osterwood is a hands-on robotics entrepreneur and CEO with 12+ years translating research-grade platforms into commercial, field-ready robots and products. He has led engineering, product management, and GTM efforts for perception and mobile-robot systems—from FPGA-based stereo cameras and 3D LiDAR to industrial autonomous scrubbers and small-pipe inspection robots. As founder/CEO of Capable Robot Components and former CTO at Carnegie Robotics, he combines multidisciplinary mechanical, electrical, and embedded-software expertise with business development that closed OEM deals in mining, construction, and defense. His open-source contributions to CircuitPython reflect deep hardware integration skills, having added board definitions and production fixes for a programmable USB hub. Based in Newton, MA, he pairs practical manufacturing and testing experience with strategic IP and partnership building. Peers describe him as the kind of leader who still jumps into shop-level fabrication and firmware to solve the problems others hand off.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BS Mechanical Engineering, BS Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
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Github Skills (16)
samd2110
adafruit-circuit-python10
embedded10
server-configuration10
configurations10
system-configuration10
microcontroller10
py10
python10
samd5110
sys10
hardware10
sam10
usb8
seaborn6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
adafruit/circuitpython
Jan 2017 - Feb 2022
CircuitPython - a Python implementation for teaching coding with microcontrollers
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:3 PRs, 5 comments, 3 issues in 5 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Chris's primary contribution was the addition and modification of board definition files for the "Capable Robot Programmable USB Hub". This included defining pin configurations, board-specific settings, and hardware configurations within the CircuitPython framework. They fixed issues related to pin resets and implemented features for production hardware, adjusting build configurations to optimize the project. These commits indicate a focus on hardware integration and customization within the CircuitPython environment.
pythonpython-implementationteachingmicrocontrollerpython3
CapableRobot/PMOD-Adapters
Sep 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:20 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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