John Williams
Co-founder And Chief Scientist at Rapidflare
Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Williams is a seasoned technology leader and researcher with 26 years' experience building cross-institutional initiatives, commercial ventures, and secure embedded systems. As Co-founder and Chief Scientist at Rapidflare and Associate Professor at the University of Queensland, he bridges academia and industry to translate diverse stakeholder needs into practical technical programs. He founded and exited an embedded Linux consultancy to Xilinx, later leading open-source system software and SoC strategy there, and has run a boutique embedded-security firm focused on product lifecycle resilience. His background spans PhD-level research in reconfigurable computing and hands-on delivery from FPGA/SoC toolchains to cyber‑physical system security, making him adept at turning complex research into deployable solutions. Based in Brisbane, he combines entrepreneurial grit with deep technical leadership and a knack for consensus-building across multidisciplinary teams.
26 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Electronics / Image Analysis, Ph.D. Electronics / Image Analysis at QUT (Queensland University of Technology)
Github Skills (13)
moto7
linux7
mavlink5
autopilot4
xilinx2
branches1
libvirt1
typescript1
javascript1
linux-kernel1
glibc1
upstream1
kernel1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Xilinx/uboot
Jul 2009 - Mar 2011
Contributions:13 commits in 1 year 7 months
Digilent/linux-digilent
Jun 2009 - Nov 2011
Linux Repository for digilent boards
Contributions:27 commits in 2 years 4 months
linux
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