Keegan Prendergast
Firmware Engineering Manager at Brady Corporation
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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Top SchoolKeegan Prendergast is a firmware and software engineering leader with over a decade of experience building high-performing teams and delivering safety-critical avionics and embedded systems. He progressed from hands-on DO-178B software design at Astronautics to leading software process, IT, and engineering organizations, driving process improvements, toolchains, and compliance across large teams. At Calspan and Eaton he led cross-functional engineering groups delivering airborne flight systems, data acquisition, and intelligent power-distribution firmware. Known for stepping outside his comfort zone, he moved into IT leadership to modernize infrastructure and align technology roadmaps with business goals, achieving measurable service and deployment improvements in his first year. Now a Firmware Engineering Manager at Brady Corporation, he blends deep domain knowledge in avionics and embedded software with practical experience in process, compliance, and IT transformation. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who recruits and mentors talent while translating complex requirements into auditable, production-ready solutions.
12 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Github contributions (5)
KeeganPren/mke_terminal_rr
May 2014 - May 2021
The Milwaukee Terminal Railroad
Contributions:31 commits, 2 PRs, 7 pushes in 7 years 1 month
milwaukeerailroadterminal
KeeganPren/aamos
Nov 2024 - Feb 2025
It's not a typo, it's an acronym; Another AVR Microcontroller OS (AAMOS)...
Contributions:7 PRs, 24 pushes, 3 branches in 3 months
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