Summary
Coert Vonk is an Independent Principal Software Engineer specializing in embedded and IoT firmware with over 20 years running his own consultancy from Los Altos, California. He brings deep systems-level expertise—writing high-speed router drivers, telco protocol stacks, and multiprocessing banking software—grounded in strong C, C++ and assembly skills and a formal hardware design background. Comfortable moving from schematics and datasheets to production code, he routinely uses ICE/JTAG, BDM, logic analyzers and scopes to bring up new firmware and optimize device drivers. A GNU toolchain power user, he pairs low-level performance tuning with pragmatic robustness for mission-critical devices. Beyond commercial work he contributes educational code on GitHub intended to help students learn and build, reflecting a commitment to mentorship and practical teaching through open source.
11 years of coding experience
English, Dutch