Elliot Powell
Associate Consultant
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolElliot Powell is an Associate Consultant at OC&C with eight years of hands-on experience blending electronics engineering, software development and commercial strategy. He holds an MSc in Finance (Distinction) from Bayes and a background in geography and business, which together help him bridge technical design with commercial and operational insight. At Mechboards and as a freelance design engineer he led end-to-end development of 100+ devices and 25+ in-house products, driving product optimisation that doubled gross margins and generated over $250k in new revenue. Technically fluent in embedded C, Python, Node.js and TypeScript, he has contributed to prominent open-source projects like the QMK keyboard firmware by adding new keyboard models and usability features. Comfortable negotiating international supply chains and presenting to clients, he combines customer-focused support (4.9-star rating) with data-driven cost reduction and process automation. Notably, his profile blends consultancy training with maker‑level engineering—able to translate field-tested hardware solutions into scalable commercial propositions.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA Geography and Business, Bachelor of Arts - BA Geography and Business at University of NottinghamBachelor of Arts - BA Geography with Business, Bachelor of Arts - BA Geography with Business at University of Nottingham MalaysiaA Levels, A Levels at Tudor Grange AcademyMaster of Science - MSc Finance, Master of Science - MSc Finance at Bayes Business School
Github Skills (22)
keyboard-input10
c-language10
atmel10
qmk-firmware10
firmware10
keyman10
qmk10
c1110
keymaps10
keyboard10
c1710
avr10
keyboard-layout10
keymapping10
sys10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
qmk/qmk_firmware
Oct 2018 - Nov 2022
Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 15 commits, 20 PRs in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Elliot primarily contributed to the firmware for a custom keyboard. They added support for a new keyboard model (ep40) by creating configuration and keymap files. Further contributions included fixing layout issues and adding media control functionality. The user also added support for a new keyboard model (ep96) including its configuration, and updated and moved files in the repository.
rp2040firmwareavratmelkeyboard-support
e11i0t23/Raine
Jul 2020 - May 2022
Contributions:1 release, 8 commits, 4 pushes in 1 year 10 months
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