Karl Froelich
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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RockstarKarl Froelich is a seasoned engineer and program manager with over 27 years at Microsoft, specializing in bringing hardware and software together for Surface devices through hands-on validation, driver development, and quality engineering. He blends deep systems-level expertise with data-driven problem solving, having led efforts that reduced process cost and headcount by 66% and implemented federated models to scale kit distribution for OEMs and IHVs. As a Principal Software/Firmware Engineer he applied AI/ML (YOLO) to automate UI testing and surface visual latency detection, demonstrating a knack for practical automation of complex device validation. Karl holds multiple patents in networking and synchronization and has a track record of shipping Windows releases and critical tooling under tight schedules. He’s equally comfortable writing driver/test code, running shiprooms, and architecting processes that move concepts to production. Based in Redmond, he’s known for turning messy operational problems into repeatable, measurable systems that make devices “just work.”
10 years of coding experience
32 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (25)
microsoft10
windows10
wdk10
desktop10
driver10
visual-studio10
windows-driver10
gui-toolkit8
azure-storage-explorer8
wmi7
resource-sharing6
azure-storage6
blobs6
documentation5
cors5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
kfroe/IndirectDisplay
Apr 2017 - Mar 2020
This is a sample driver that shows how to create a Windows Indirect Display Driver using the IddCx class extension driver.
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 1 branch in 3 years
driverwindowswmiindirectgui-toolkit
kfroe/EventForensics
Jun 2020 - Dec 2022
Powershell scripts for post-mortem forensics
Contributions:4 PRs, 8 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 6 months
powershell-modulespost-mortempowershellforensicspowershell-scripts
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