Howard Harte
Senior Software Engineering Manager at Google
Dublin, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHoward Harte is a seasoned software engineering leader with 13+ years of experience building device and systems software, currently managing teams at Google from his base in Dublin, CA. He brings deep expertise in Android and cross-platform device drivers, hardware-software integration, and bus interfaces (PCI, USB, SDIO) honed through senior engineering and leadership roles at Broadcom, Cyanogen, Nest, and Intel. A hands-on architect and back-end contributor to the simh computer history project, he has improved low-level emulation of controllers and disk image handling, reflecting an appreciation for hardware accuracy and legacy systems. Known for growing and organizing high-performing systems teams, he pairs pragmatic managerial skills with the ability to dive into kernel- and firmware-level problems. Outside work he holds an FCC Extra Class amateur radio license, which underscores his practical electronics and RF interests beyond software.
13 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Engineering at Arizona State UniversityKettering University
English
Github Skills (10)
c1710
interrupt10
interrupt-handling10
assembly10
z8010
c1110
assembler10
licensing8
key-management8
rights-management8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
simh/simh
Mar 2013 - Jan 2023
The Computer History Simulation Project
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & System Architect
Back-end Developer & System ArchitectContributions:57 commits, 21 PRs, 7 comments in 9 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Howard primarily contributed to the simulation of the TX-0 and AltairZ80 computer systems. They made improvements to the WD179x floppy disk controller, enhanced interrupt handling, and implemented features for disk image support (IMD and raw disk images). Further contributions involved adding features and resolving issues for the HDC-1001 hard disk controller, as well as fixing bugs and enhancing the overall accuracy and functionality of the simulation. The user also worked on code cleanup and licensing.
simulatorcomputer-historysimulation
hharte/MS-DOS
Sep 2021 - May 2024
The original sources of MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0, for reference purposes
Contributions:25 pushes, 12 branches in 2 years 7 months
dosboxdossdl2ms-dossources
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