Christopher Upchurch
Systems Designer at Pierce Manufacturing
Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Upchurch is a seasoned Systems Designer with nine years of focused experience in mechanical design, currently shaping aerial and vehicle systems at Pierce Manufacturing from his base in Appleton, Wisconsin. He has a strong track record designing heavy equipment and material-handling systems, including sheet metal bodies, rear-mount aluminum platforms, and custom cabs that meet tight customer constraints. His background spans new product development, production support, warranty resolution, and validating mechanical components for large appliances and industrial equipment. Christopher combines practical shop-floor knowledge from machine tool training with formal mechanical design technician education, enabling designs that are both manufacturable and serviceable. Colleagues know him as driven and ready for new challenges, balancing full-time work with ongoing learning—an attitude reflected in his “Work full time, class part time, its all F.U.N!” GitHub note. He brings a pragmatic, customer-focused approach to systems design that consistently turns complex requirements into robust, production-ready solutions.
9 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
A.A.S. in Mechanical Design Technician, A.A.S. in Mechanical Design Technician at Fox Valley Technical College
Github Skills (23)
plugin7
php7
kernel6
nextcloud6
javascript6
home-assistant-integration6
collaboration5
home-assistant5
camera5
self-hosting4
websocket4
open-source4
security4
file-sharing4
federation4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
circletile/smvp_systolic_fpga
Apr 2021 - Apr 2021
FPGA-based TJDS SMVP accelerator implemented in Verilog.
Contributions:2 releases, 23 commits, 7 PRs in 6 days
fpgaverilog
circletile/smvp-toolkit
Feb 2021 - Apr 2021
Implement sparse matrix vector product calculations using CSR and TJDS compression algorithms. This program is part of university coursework.
Contributions:3 releases, 10 PRs, 54 pushes in 2 months
compression-algorithmsparse-matrix
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