Kester Aernoudt
Senior Field Support Manager at AMD
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKester Aernoudt is a seasoned engineering leader with over a decade in datacenter and semiconductor systems, currently serving as Senior Field Support Manager at AMD where he leads a high-performance applications engineering team supporting hyperscale and mega-datacenter customers. He brings deep technical breadth across CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs and SmartNICs and a proven track record of driving multi-billion dollar customer wins, smoothing product rollouts, and resolving issues proactively before escalation. Known for building cross-functional partnerships, Kester combines strategic collaboration with hands-on product execution to accelerate customer integrations and revenue growth. He champions team development—spotting and empowering talent, rewarding success, and fostering smart, sustainable solutions that scale globally. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area with a Master’s in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from Ghent University, he blends rigorous technical grounding with pragmatic leadership in high-stakes cloud environments.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Applied Science, Computer Science - Applied Mathematics, Master of Applied Science, Computer Science - Applied Mathematics at Ghent University
Github Skills (19)
home-assistant-integration10
nxt10
home-assistant9
wheels8
rest5
api5
hue4
python4
ambient4
home-automation3
linux2
hyperion2
automation2
avr2
mqtt1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
kesteraernoudt/dobiss
Dec 2020 - Dec 2022
Custom Home Assistant Integration for the Dobiss NXT platform
Contributions:6 releases, 176 commits, 166 PRs in 1 year 11 months
home-assistant-customhome-assistant-integrationintegrationnxtassistant
kesteraernoudt/pydobiss
Nov 2020 - Dec 2022
Contributions:59 commits, 1 PR, 53 pushes in 2 years 1 month
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