Summary
Ian Mcintosh is a senior system architect with over a decade of hands-on experience designing embedded systems across the full spectrum from tiny MCUs to high-performance application processors. He has led teams and invented core technologies for consumer audio/video and connected car products, bringing new platforms from concept through board bring-up, driver development, and product launch. His background spans startups and industry leaders—building lifesaving wearable firmware at Element Science, driving architecture at Harman, and inventing low-latency streaming tech at Blackfire—now shaping system architecture at Roku. Known for translating deep hardware-level expertise into practical, team-scale processes, he often serves as the bridge between hardware, firmware, and high-level applications to accelerate delivery.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer