Jason Young is a seasoned Solutions Architect with three decades of networking experience and a focused 20+ year specialization in Cisco IP Telephony and VoIP systems. He has designed and led large-scale enterprise and service-provider deployments—including cloud-hosted collaboration platforms and on-premises systems exceeding 150,000 endpoints—while mentoring engineers and shaping operational practices. Based in Garrettsville, Ohio, he blends deep routing and switching expertise with hands-on voice, contact center, and video conferencing integrations across diverse industries. More recently he has contributed to safety-critical automotive open-source projects (comma.ai), applying embedded systems testing, checksum/CRC validation, and CAN DBC work that highlights an unexpected crossover from telecom to automotive protocol engineering. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic, high-availability designs and for shepherding complex migrations and hybrid cloud telephony solutions to production.
Contributions:71 reviews, 26 commits, 195 PRs in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributed to the `opendbc` repository by adding and modifying CAN database (DBC) files, specifically related to automotive communication protocols. Their work involved implementing CRC validation, adding message details, and updating signal data for various vehicle models, particularly focusing on VW MQB and Stellantis vehicles. The user also refactored checksum calculations and made code improvements to support UTF-8 encoded characters within the DBC files, demonstrating a focus on automotive data interpretation and protocol implementation.
Embedded Systems Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Contributions:29 reviews, 26 commits, 59 PRs in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributed to the development and testing of safety-critical code within the comma.ai panda repository, focusing on the Volkswagen MQB and PQ platforms. Their work involved implementing and refactoring safety checks related to steering, braking, and acceleration, along with associated checksum and counter mechanisms. Furthermore, the user was responsible for creating and maintaining automated unit tests to ensure the reliability and compliance of the implemented safety features, demonstrating a strong emphasis on quality assurance.
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