John Gerthoffer
Software Development Consultant at EK Electronics, LLC
Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Gerthoffer is an experienced embedded software development consultant with over 20 years designing and shipping hardware-integrated products from ideation through manufacturing. He combines deep low-level expertise in C/C++ and assembly with practical skills in RTOS, bare-metal drivers, USB/Bluetooth communications, and signal processing for medical and industrial applications. His background includes leading software for Philips SmartSleep clinical research platforms and neonatal apnea monitors, and he has improved medical-device quality systems to align with IEC 62304. Equally comfortable as an individual contributor or technical lead, he has a long history of hardware co-development, protocol implementation (I2C, SPI, MMC, TCP/IP, BACnet), and hardware debugging with oscilloscopes and logic analyzers. Based in Greensburg, PA, he now consults through EK Electronics, bringing a pattern of turning complex hardware requirements into reliable, auditable embedded systems. An understated strength is his track record of contributing to broader ecosystems—such as adding Polar heart-rate support to MyTracks—demonstrating both collaborative open-source engagement and product-focused engineering.
15 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), EET, Bachelor of Science (BS), EET at California University of PennsylvaniaProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
fumingshih/mytracks
May 2011 - Jun 2011
Contributions:13 commits in 1 month
bacall213/briancall-mytracks
May 2011 - Jun 2011
Contributions:13 commits in 1 month
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