Howdy Pierce
Visiting Instructor at Carnegie Mellon University Africa
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHowdy Pierce is a technology entrepreneur and software engineer with over eight years of formal experience and a multi-decade history founding and leading product-focused engineering firms. He founded Cardinal Peak and previously led venture-backed Vantum, blending hardware and software product development with operational leadership. Today he teaches embedded software, Linux engineering, and ethical hacking at Carnegie Mellon University Africa and has reshaped core embedded courses at CU Boulder, bringing industry-grade C and embedded practices into the classroom. Based in Boulder, Colorado, he bridges academia and startup execution—building courses while still chairing his company—to accelerate practitioner-ready engineers. His background in mathematics and professional writing underpins a rare combination of technical precision and clear communication in both code and curriculum.
8 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Mathematics & Professional Writing, BS, Mathematics & Professional Writing at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (17)
amazon-echo10
echo9
google-home9
hikvision9
amazon8
home-automation6
api5
raspberry4
rest4
python4
gpio3
emacs3
home-assistant3
raspberry-pi2
automation2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
howdypierce/fade_leds
Jun 2018 - Dec 2023
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 5 years 7 months
howdypierce/fauxmo-gpio-plugin
May 2018 - Nov 2019
Fauxmo plugins to support GPIO operations on Raspberry Pi
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 1 year 5 months
gpioraspberry-piraspberry
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