Joshua Tepper
CEO Co-Founder at Ornata
Greater Melbourne Area Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolJoshua Tepper is an engineering leader and founder with eight years of experience building robotics, aerospace, and industrial automation products from prototype to commercial deployment. As CTO and Co‑Founder of Swoop Aero and now CEO and Co‑Founder of Ornata, he has led the design of large-scale systems—from the world’s largest commercial construction 3D printer integrations to low‑cost fixed‑wing UAVs and Industry 4.0 plant automation across Australia and Europe. He specializes in making autonomy practical for industry, combining modular retrofit hardware, cloud‑connected operations, and remote operators to lower adoption barriers without displacing skilled workers. Known for translating cutting‑edge research into reliable, production-grade platforms, he pairs hands‑on mechatronics expertise with strategic leadership in capital, partnerships, and product scaling. Based in Greater Melbourne, he brings a pragmatic systems view that balances field reliability with rapid iteration in harsh operational environments.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering at Monash University
Github Skills (22)
robotics10
px410
autopilot10
mavlink10
plane10
rover10
dronekit10
arduino10
ros10
yang5
printer5
firmware5
atmel4
3d-printer4
3d-printing4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
EPJT18/ardupilot
Aug 2018 - Jul 2020
ArduPlane, ArduCopter, ArduRover source
Contributions:13 PRs, 106 pushes, 121 branches in 1 year 11 months
arducopterarduinoarduroverautopilotarduplane
EPJT18/pymavlink
Mar 2020 - Jun 2021
python MAVLink interface and utilities
Contributions:15 pushes, 9 branches in 1 year 3 months
mavlinkpythonsinger
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