Chris Rittersdorf is a pragmatic software developer with 17 years of experience building reliable web and embedded systems, currently contributing at Collective Idea. He blends agile and test-driven practices honed at consultancies like Atomic Object and Mutually Human with deep low-level skills in C/C++ and embedded automotive software from roles at Hella and Visteon. Comfortable across the stack, he has shipped Ruby on Rails, Perl-driven promotions, Java/JavaScript tools, and Windows ports using JRuby and MSSQL, while also scripting automation and data workflows in VBA and Python-adjacent tooling. Known for pairing and iterative development, he brings a practical focus on quality, process management, and customer-facing integration work that spans enterprise clients and automotive controls. Based in Belding, Michigan, he pairs a B.S. in Computer Science with hands-on experience translating hardware test and production workflows into maintainable software.
17 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Lowell High School
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at Kettering University
keyboard controller firmware for Atmel AVR and ARM USB families
Contributions:6 PRs, 8 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 2 months
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Chris Rittersdorf - Software Developer at Collective Idea