Jacob Southard
Technical Team Lead at Universal Aviation - An Evans Aviation Co.
Pasadena, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolJacob Southard is a Technical Team Lead with over two decades of hands-on experience designing and maintaining mission-critical systems, currently leading technical operations for Universal Aviation after a long tenure at Universal Weather and Aviation. He combines a strong analytical mindset and practical troubleshooting skills with a knack for quickly mapping complex environments and identifying the critical connections that keep systems reliable. Jacob focuses on failure-mode thinking, risk mitigation through redundancy, clear documentation, and cross-level communication to ensure operational continuity. A BS in Electrical Engineering underpins his systems engineering background, and his early work in automotive security and electronics hobbyist projects informs a pragmatic, hardware-aware approach to software and infrastructure. Based in Pasadena, Texas, he balances leadership and technical depth while also investing time in home automation and tinkering that often surfaces creative, real-world solutions.
8 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Electrical Engineering, BS, Electrical Engineering at University of Houston
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Github Skills (28)
custom-component10
python10
mqtt10
subsonic10
internet-of-things10
thermostat10
asyncio10
iot10
podcast10
jekyll10
home-assistant10
raspberry-pi10
home-automation10
wifi10
self-hosting9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
thevoltagesource/LennoxiComfort
Feb 2018 - Nov 2022
Home Assistant custom component for controlling Lennox iComfort WiFi and AirEase Comfort Sync thermostats.
Contributions:15 releases, 1 review, 55 commits in 4 years 10 months
custom-componenthome-assistantwifilennoxicomfort
thevoltagesource/myicomfort
Jan 2019 - Nov 2022
API Wrapper for myicomfort.com
Contributions:10 releases, 19 commits, 11 pushes in 3 years 11 months
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