Chris Rowse
Embedded Systems Developer at Self-employed
Gauteng, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Rowse is an Embedded Systems Developer and entrepreneur with over three decades of experience across the application development life cycle, blending hands-on coding in C/C++ and Java with systems integration and UML-driven design. He founded The Forthtree to build applications from AI and robotics to embedded systems, and has run his own consultancy since 2013 focused on pragmatic, serviceable solutions. Chris has led IT teams and platform projects for major organizations—including Rio Tinto, Total South Africa and Barclays Africa—bringing ITIL-based infrastructure management and operational instrumentation to multi-country environments. He has a rare combination of formal computer science and engineering training and a track record of translating complex business requirements into maintainable, UML-generated codebases. Based in Gauteng, South Africa, he pairs deep legacy-system know-how with modern embedded and web application practices, often favoring robust, auditable approaches over hype.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
B. Sc. Civil Eng., Engineering, B. Sc. Civil Eng., Engineering at University of the WitwatersrandB. Sc, Computer Science, Information Systems, B. Sc, Computer Science, Information Systems at University of South Africa
Github Skills (7)
esp325
lvgl4
stellaris3
firmware3
cnc3
binaries1
blockchain1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
shorai/stackoverflow
Jan 2016 - Feb 2016
Contributions:8 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
shorai/tegnonload
Apr 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:31 pushes, 4 branches in 3 months
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