Kevin Dewald
Senior Member Of Technical Staff at SimpleBLE
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolKevin Dewald is a Senior Member of Technical Staff and serial founder with 11 years of engineering experience, currently based in San Francisco and driving high-performance systems at AMD after an acquisition of his previous startup. He builds across embedded firmware, C++ backends, and cross-platform libraries—most notably leading core implementation and multi-OS support for the open-source SimpleBLE Bluetooth library. Kevin combines deep signal-processing and hardware expertise from products that digitize physical spaces and wearables with a knack for productizing research into scalable CI/CD and firmware delivery pipelines. He mentors entrepreneurs and students, co-founded ventures focused on commercial open source and AI infrastructure, and has a proven record of turning bleeding-edge prototypes into production-ready platforms. Colleagues describe him as a maker who delights in tackling hard engineering constraints and teaching others to do the same.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Strategic and Technological Direction, Master's degree Strategic and Technological Direction at EOI Business SchoolMaster's degree Strategic and Technological Direction, Master's degree Strategic and Technological Direction at Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos AiresBilingual Bachelor (German/Spanish) Natural Sciences, Bilingual Bachelor (German/Spanish) Natural Sciences at Instituto Ballester Deutsche Schule
English, Spanish, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (18)
c-language10
multiplatform10
bluetooth-le10
cross-platform10
bluetooth10
cprogramming-language10
platform-independent10
linux9
windows9
macos9
api-design8
dbus7
trigger6
android6
rust-cargo6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
simpleble/simpleble
Jan 2021 - Jan 2023
SimpleBLE - the all-in-one Bluetooth library for MacOS, iOS, Windows, Linux and Android.
Role in this project:
Back-end & C++ Developer
Back-end & C++ DeveloperContributions:13 releases, 70 reviews, 323 commits in 2 years
Contributions summary:Kevin contributed significantly to the SimpleBLE library by implementing core functionalities and expanding platform support. Their work involved setting up the basic project structure, implementing a minimalist Linux backend, and adding support for Windows and MacOS. The user also refactored code and incorporated new features such as scanning capabilities.
rust-libraryheadachesworking-onbluetooth-low-energyios
simpleble/python_simpleble
Jan 2022 - Aug 2022
The ultimate fully-fledged cross-platform Python BLE library, designed for simplicity and ease of use.
Contributions:4 releases, 8 commits, 10 PRs in 7 months
pythonwindowsbluetoothlinuxble
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