Frank Van Diggelen
Distinguished Engineer at Google
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFrank Van Diggelen is a distinguished engineer and lifetime navigation expert with nine years of experience at Google, currently focused on advancing location and context technologies. He brings decades of GPS/GNSS leadership from roles as Broadcom Fellow and VP of Technology, and has led navigation product and research efforts across industry and academia. As a consulting assistant professor at Stanford he teaches graduate GPS courses, bridging cutting-edge research with commercial engineering. His career includes founding navigation leadership at Global Locate and technical sales at Magellan, demonstrating a rare mix of deep signal-processing expertise and product-minded strategy. Frank holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Cambridge and a BSc from the University of the Witwatersrand, underscoring a strong academic foundation behind his practical innovations. Outside of corporate work he maintains a public presence on frankvandiggelen.com, reflecting ongoing engagement with the navigation community.
9 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Electrical Engineering, BSc, Electrical Engineering at University of the WitwatersrandPh.D., Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering at University of CambridgeProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
gpsFrank/hello-world
Sep 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 3 branches in 1 day
testingfranktest-repository
google/gps-measurement-tools
Aug 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:6 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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