John Furcean
Director Of Research Technology And Compliance at Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Furcean is a Director of Research Technology and Compliance with 14 years at Michigan State University, where he has progressed from student developer to leading research IT and regulatory programs. He blends hands-on software and embedded systems experience—contributing to Adafruit's Blinka support for RP2040 boards—with deep expertise in cybersecurity compliance for academic research environments. Comfortable bridging technical teams and compliance stakeholders, he designs auditable, secure research infrastructures that enable reproducible science. Based in East Lansing, he holds both BS and MS degrees in Computer Science from Michigan State and brings a pragmatic, institution-focused approach to scaling research technology.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at United States Military Academy at West PointMaster of Science, Computer Science, Master of Science, Computer Science at Michigan State University
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Github Skills (14)
i2c10
adafruit-circuit-python10
embedded10
abstraction-layer10
spi10
py10
rp204010
sys10
micropython10
python10
hal10
digital-logic9
fest9
pwm8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
adafruit/Adafruit_Blinka
Oct 2021 - Oct 2021
Add CircuitPython hardware API and libraries to MicroPython & CPython devices
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 2 PRs in 3 days
Contributions summary:John contributed primarily to the support of RP2040-based boards with the u2if firmware in the adafruit_blinka library. They added support for the MacroPad RP2040, including I2C, SPI and board-specific pin definitions. They also updated the NEOPIXEL and other peripheral configurations for supported boards. The user also ran and integrated black and pylint in their commits.
apipythonhardware-apihardwarecircuitpython
jfurcean/CircuitPython_WiiChuck
Feb 2021 - Jul 2023
CircuitPython library to support some Wiimote extension controllers.
Contributions:5 releases, 5 reviews, 10 PRs in 2 years 6 months
pythoncontrollerswiimotewiicircuitpython
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