Colin Togashi
Chief Technology Officer at VEQdrive
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolColin Togashi is a controls-focused technology leader and current CTO based in Los Angeles with a decade of hands-on experience in robotics, laser systems, and machine learning–adjacent controls. He holds an MS and is pursuing a PhD in Robotic Controls at UCLA, and has progressed from student engineering roles to leading test and integration efforts for high-power laser prototypes in international environments. Colin’s background blends advanced control theory, image-processing algorithms (EM, K-means, Gaussian fitting), and practical firmware/GUI development (C++, Python, MATLAB) to stabilize and automate precision optical systems. At Cymer he designed automation and recovery state machines, thermal-compensating control loops, and qualified EtherCAT motor systems—skills he now applies to product and technology strategy as CTO at VEQdrive. Known for turning research-grade algorithms into robust, field-deployable systems, he pairs academic depth with shop-floor fabrication and CNC experience that helps bridge prototype to production.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
University of California San DiegoDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mechanical Engineering (Robotic Controls), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mechanical Engineering (Robotic Controls) at University of California, Los Angeles
Github Skills (2)
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ColinTogashi/BoostSharedMemoryTemplate
May 2019 - Dec 2020
Contributions:13 commits, 7 pushes in 1 year 7 months
ColinTogashi/ec209as
Oct 2018 - Dec 2020
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
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