Karen West
Embedded Software Engineer at Viasat
Easton, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolKaren West is an embedded software engineer with over 30 years of experience delivering secure, reliable systems across defense and commercial domains. She combines deep C/C++ and firmware expertise with hands-on hardware integration, network protocol debugging (IPv4/IPv6, IKEv2, TLS), and practical experience in encryptor software for high-assurance environments. Karen has driven cryptographic evaluations and key-management strategies aligned with NIST post-quantum guidance and SOSA standards, and has repeatedly bridged cross-functional teams to move complex projects from prototype to production. Comfortable in Linux-based toolchains, Jenkins CI/CD, and virtualized testbeds, she also brings formal engineering rigor from roles at General Dynamics, Raytheon, and Viasat. A lifelong learner with graduate work at Georgia Tech and coursework at Carnegie Mellon, she pairs broad systems knowledge with a knack for uncovering subtle protocol and security issues that others miss.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering at Boston UniversityHigh School Diploma, Pre-Engineering, High School Diploma, Pre-Engineering at Colonie Central High Schoolnetworks and communications protocols, sciences, core computer science and computer architecture, networks and communications protocols, sciences, core computer science and computer architecture at Boston University And MITMS, Electrical & Computer Engineering, MS, Electrical & Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon UniversityMS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering at Georgia Institute of TechnologyFree Online Education and also my own projects and tutorials, technical skills, economics and human rights, laws, Free Online Education and also my own projects and tutorials, technical skills, economics and human rights, laws at EdX, Coursera, former Class2Go (now part of EdX and Coursera), NovoEd, Udacity, And My Own Projects
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Github Skills (55)
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
atribecalledkwest/nodecg-streamlabs
Sep 2017 - Mar 2021
NodeCG bundle that exposes the StreamLabs streaming API to other NodeCG bundles.
Contributions:27 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
apinodecg-bundlebundlestreaming-apinodecg-bundles
atribecalledkwest/nodecg-rest
Jul 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:12 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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