Edward Hennessy
Senior Engineer at Ichor Systems, Inc.
Nevada, United States
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Top SchoolEdward Hennessy is a Senior Engineer with over two decades of multidisciplinary experience in gaming, firmware, hardware and software engineering, currently leading technical efforts at Ichor Systems. He has a rare blend of hands-on embedded design (PCB, FPGA, VHDL) and high-level software development (C#, C++, Java, Python), delivering performance-critical solutions like hardware-accelerated SHA-1 and multi-threaded bingo probability engines. Edward excels at balancing functionality, cost, and schedule while translating between technical and non-technical stakeholders to keep complex products on track. His career includes leadership roles across major gaming firms (IGT, Bally, Aristocrat, VGT) and end-to-end project ownership from firmware to production scheduling. Holding five degrees including an M.S. in Engineering Technology, he combines deep academic grounding with pragmatic problem solving that saved millions in revenue risk and development time. Based in Nevada, he brings a proven track record of rescuing mission-critical systems and shipping reliable, performance-driven products.
17 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Engineering Technology with Emphasis in Computer Systems, Master of Science (M.S.), Engineering Technology with Emphasis in Computer Systems at Oregon Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (14)
designer10
circuit10
freecad10
automation10
schematic10
guile10
prototyping10
vlsi10
electrical-engineering10
eda10
cad10
gnome2
ruby2
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ehennes775/gfootgen
Jan 2015 - Jun 2019
Contributions:41 commits, 31 pushes, 6 comments in 4 years 5 months
ehennes775/edalib
Sep 2017 - Sep 2021
Contributions:60 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
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