Jeffrey Dungen
Co-Founder And CEO at reelyActive
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJeffrey Dungen is a Montreal-based computer engineer, entrepreneur and open-source advocate who has spent 12+ years building context-aware physical computing systems as co-founder and CEO of reelyActive. He combines deep embedded-systems and IoT expertise—demonstrated by BLE-enabled smartwatch and low-level RFID/TDOA work—with product and business leadership that has secured global clients and sustained a mission-driven startup. Jeffrey teaches IoT technology management, serves on the Digital Trust for Places & Routines council, and has a track record of turning hardware prototypes into acquired businesses and resilient platforms. He intentionally publishes foundational technologies as open source (see github.com/jeffyactive) to make contribution traceable and to advance an inclusive, accountable economy. His background in signal processing, distributed systems and analog/digital hardware gives him a rare ability to span from firmware to strategy, and he frames technology work through activism and philosophy to prioritize long-term social impact.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Riverdale High SchoolM.A.Sc, Electrical Engineering (Artificial Intelligence), M.A.Sc, Electrical Engineering (Artificial Intelligence) at Polytechnique MontréalB.A.Sc, Computer Engineering, B.A.Sc, Computer Engineering at University of Waterloo
English, French, German, Spanish, json-ld
Github Skills (8)
embedded10
javascript10
bluetooth-le10
btle10
smartwatch10
bluetooth-low-energy10
sys10
web-bluetooth9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
espruino/BangleApps
Nov 2021 - Jan 2022
Bangle.js App Loader (and Apps)
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 39 commits, 9 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Jeffrey implemented an "emojuino" application for the Bangle.js smartwatch, enabling the display and transmission of emojis via Bluetooth. The contributions involved writing JavaScript code to handle user interactions (touch and drag), manage emoji display, and advertise emoji data using the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) protocol. Further contributions added a Sensible application for the Bangle.js smart watch, demonstrating knowledge of BLE and embedded systems.
javascriptloadersmartwatchwebbluetooth
reelyactive/barnowl-aruba
Oct 2020 - Feb 2023
Collect ambient Bluetooth Low Energy, EnOcean Alliance & WiFi packets from HPE Aruba Networking access points for real-time location and sensing. We believe in an open Internet of Things.
Contributions:24 commits, 66 pushes, 10 branches in 2 years 3 months
access-pointbluetooth-low-energyinternet-of-thingsnetworkingwifi
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