Glenn Kasten
Software Engineer at Apple Inc
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGlenn Kasten is a seasoned software engineer and engineering leader with 16+ years focused on mobile platforms, real-time and embedded systems, and interactive audio. He has driven architecture and implementation at scale—from Android’s native graphics and audio stacks (notably SurfaceFlinger contributions) to media work at Google and camera software at Apple. His background spans hands-on systems programming, static/dynamic analysis, performance optimization, and build/configuration/QA practices, combined with executive engineering management experience leading product revamps and cross-training initiatives. An active contributor to prominent open-source Android and audio projects, he blends low-level hardware-aware engineering with tooling and runtime work that improves portability and performance. Based in California, he pairs deep technical breadth with a history of shipping audio engines used in consumer devices at massive scale.
16 years of coding experience
39 years of employment as a software developer
Ben FranklinBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University of New Orleans
Github Skills (16)
c1710
android-ndk10
surface-flinger10
opensl-es10
c-language10
c1110
cprogramming-language10
surf10
aac10
audio-playback10
encoding9
hal9
abstraction-layer9
encode9
arm9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
CyanogenMod/android_frameworks_native
Mar 2010 - Aug 2015
Role in this project:
System Architect / Software Architect
System Architect / Software ArchitectContributions:431 commits in 5 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Glenn's commits reflect changes to the core framework of the Android operating system's native code, specifically the SurfaceFlinger component, with a focus on display and graphics-related functionality. Their contributions involve modifying core components related to buffer management, display composition, and hardware interaction, indicating they are working on the architecture of the graphics subsystem. The nature of changes includes fixing races, adding features for secure and protected content, and restructuring of core components.
aosp-mirror/platform_development
Oct 2010 - Sep 2018
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:15 commits in 8 years
Contributions summary:Glenn primarily contributed to the native-audio example app. Their changes included adding volume, stereo position, mute/solo features, and explicit pause/play/loop buttons. They also incorporated a spinner for URI strings. Further contributions included adding code for native media samples for NDK API level 14. Finally, the user updated OpenSLES_Android.h for API 20.
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