Gregory Haerr
CEO And Founder at Technology Properties, Inc.
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGregory Haerr is a veteran software entrepreneur and systems developer with four decades of experience designing operating systems, compilers, interpreters and graphical windowing systems as founder and CEO of Century Software. He maintains and contributes to notable open-source projects such as ELKS (an embeddable Linux kernel subset for 8086) and Microwindows, demonstrating deep low-level programming skills in hardware interaction, kernel fixes and display/input subsystems. Greg has translated software profits into successful real-estate development and financing ventures across Utah and Idaho, blending technical rigor with practical business and investment acumen. His background includes board-level embedded-systems experience and a long track record of shipping mission-critical host access solutions for IBM and UNIX back-ends. Based in Salt Lake City, he pairs hands-on engineering expertise with entrepreneurial leadership and a knack for tackling constrained embedded environments that most modern developers seldom encounter.
16 years of coding experience
University of California, San DiegoLa Jolla High
Spanish, German, French
Github Skills (7)
kernel10
embedded10
low-level-programming10
sys10
kernel-mode10
assembly8
assembler8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ghaerr/elks
Apr 2019 - Jan 2023
Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset - Linux for 8086
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer
Embedded Systems EngineerContributions:5 releases, 160 reviews, 1794 commits in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Gregory contributed to fixing bugs and adding features within the ELKS operating system kernel, demonstrating proficiency in low-level programming. They implemented keyboard LED support and made corrections to the display of characters, showcasing their focus on improving system functionality. Their work also included adjustments to disk I/O, highlighting experience with hardware interaction and system optimization.
kernel8086linuxsubsetembedded-linux
ghaerr/elks-gh-archive
Jan 2023 - Jan 2023
Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset
Contributions:7 commits, 2 PRs, 1139 pushes in 11 days
kernellinuxsubsetlinux-kernelio-uring
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