David Howard
Software Engineer at Consultant
Sparks, Nevada, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Howard is a seasoned software engineer with over three decades of technical experience and 14 years in contemporary software roles, currently consulting from Sparks, Nevada. He has led development of safety-critical systems—RADAR, LIDAR, UAVs, autopilots and automatic landing systems—bringing deep expertise in real-time and embedded software, kernels, and device drivers. Comfortable moving between hands-on engineering and principal-level architecture, he has held senior roles at Sierra Nevada Corporation and LTA Research and Exploration and contributed to startup product development. A former attack helicopter pilot, he applies operational discipline and systems thinking to complex engineering problems. Off the beaten path, he’s been known to code from "somewhere near Ankara, Turkey," reflecting a flexible, globe-trotting approach to consulting.
14 years of coding experience
37 years of employment as a software developer
BA, BA at Excelsior UniversityMS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at University of North Texas
Github Skills (79)
windows10
javascript10
linux10
js10
cli10
nodejs10
editor9
chatgpt9
mongoose9
mongo-express9
visual-studio9
sonnet9
microsoft9
visual-studio-code9
command-line9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
dmh2000/c_embedded_web_server
Jun 2017 - Sep 2023
Contributions:3 pushes in 6 years 4 months
dmh2000/js_graphql_udemy
Jul 2019 - Sep 2021
Contributions:22 PRs, 9 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 2 months
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