François Baldassari
VP, Software Services at Nordic Semiconductor
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolFrançois Baldassari is a seasoned embedded systems and cloud software leader with 11 years of hands-on experience building device reliability platforms and product-grade firmware. He founded Memfault, the first observability platform for embedded devices, scaling it from startup to acquisition by Nordic Semiconductor where he now leads Software Services and cloud infrastructure for hardware teams. His background includes senior embedded roles at Oculus and Pebble and early systems work at Oracle and Carnegie Mellon, giving him deep expertise across firmware, FPGA, and cloud stacks. François blends technical product leadership with full-stack contributions—he’s implemented front-end and back-end features for community projects like memfault/interrupt, including UX, RSS, and analytics integrations. Known for translating low-level device telemetry into operational cloud services, he pairs entrepreneurial drive with a practical engineering mindset. Based in New York, he leverages an electrical engineering foundation from Brown and YC experience to bridge hardware constraints and scalable software.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
W19, W19 at Y CombinatorSc.B. Electrical Engineering, Sc.B. Electrical Engineering at Brown University
English, French
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Github Skills (12)
embedded10
jekyll9
developer-tools9
firmware9
blogger8
rss8
html8
blogpost8
blogspot8
google-analytics7
javascript7
css6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
memfault/interrupt
Apr 2019 - Nov 2022
A community for embedded software makers.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:50 reviews, 186 commits, 96 PRs in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:François primarily contributed to the website's front-end and back-end components, as evidenced by changes to layouts, includes, and JavaScript files. They implemented features like RSS feeds, a subscription link, and Google Analytics integration. Furthermore, they updated the site's design with logo and color changes, and added author blurbs and tags. The user also worked on a dark mode feature, although it wasn't implemented.
makersfirmwareembedded-softwaredeveloper-toolsembedded
memfault/ChibiOS
Sep 2019 - May 2021
Read only mirror of SVN ChibiOS repository.
Contributions:12 commits, 3 PRs, 12 pushes in 1 year 8 months
read-onlychibiossvn
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