George White
Associate Professor
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGeorge White is an experienced software engineer and architect with 17 years in the field who blends hands-on embedded systems work with strategic leadership and teaching. Based in Cambridge, MA, he leads Slalom Boston’s Business Transformation COE while consulting through Orange Octopus and teaching prototyping in MassArt’s Masters of Design Innovation program. He’s been the go-to technical resource across startups and large enterprises, filling roles from coder and architect to systems and frontline support. An active contributor to CircuitPython, he has practical experience defining board support and pin mappings for RP2040 and SAMD51 microcontrollers, showing a knack for hardware-software integration. He brings storytelling and service design into technical architecture, helping teams turn complex problems into pragmatic, user-centered solutions. Peers rely on him for both deep technical fixes and high-level transformation strategy.
17 years of coding experience
Montclair High SchoolMontclair State University
English
Github Skills (14)
adafruit-circuit-python10
embedded10
microcontroller10
py10
rp204010
samd5110
integrations9
micropython9
hardware-interface9
python9
boa9
system-integration9
c178
c118
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
adafruit/circuitpython
Apr 2021 - Apr 2021
CircuitPython - a Python implementation for teaching coding with microcontrollers
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 3 commits, 11 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:George primarily contributed to the CircuitPython project by adding and correcting board definitions for various Sparkfun MicroMod development boards. Their work focused on defining pin mappings and configurations for the RP2040 and SAMD51 microcontrollers, ensuring compatibility with CircuitPython libraries. They also addressed minor issues like trailing spaces and missing pin definitions, demonstrating a focus on board support and hardware integration within the CircuitPython ecosystem.
pythonpython-implementationteachingmicrocontrollerpython3
stonehippo/pocketAP
Aug 2018 - Dec 2024
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 4 months
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