Kristen Begalka
Software Engineer at Adora POS
Sacramento, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKristen Begalka is a seasoned software engineer with 26 years of experience building full-stack solutions that balance immediate business needs with long-term architectural vision. With a background that blends fine arts, game programming, and system-level work, she brings a strong eye for user-friendly interfaces alongside deep technical chops in Golang, Python, JavaScript, and .NET. At Intel she delivered web tools and automation for graphics engineering and WHQL workflows, and her open-source contributions include system-level power-management improvements to the well-known powertop project—demonstrating expertise in low-level optimization and cross-architecture support. Comfortable working across GEOs and security-compliant environments, she communicates roadmaps clearly to stakeholders while rapidly adapting to changing requirements. Now based in Sacramento, she continues to learn modern stacks (React, Kubernetes) and focuses on delivering high-quality, maintainable software that serves both developers and customers.
26 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Game and Simulation Programming, BS, Game and Simulation Programming at DeVry University AddisonDesign + Technology, Design + Technology at San Francisco Art Institute
Github Skills (8)
arm10
linux10
c-language10
system-programming10
cprogramming-language10
power-management10
command-line9
command-line-parser9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
fenrus75/powertop
Apr 2011 - Dec 2013
The Linux PowerTOP tool -- please post patches to the mailing list instead of using github pull requests
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:31 commits in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Kristen primarily contributed to the optimization and enhancement of the `powertop` tool's functionality, specifically related to CPU power management on various architectures. Their work included adapting the tool to ARM platforms by addressing discrepancies in CPU information retrieval and improving frequency stats reporting. Additionally, the user implemented changes to utilize the `getopt_long` command-line parsing method, introduced new options, and integrated support for more package states. The user's commits demonstrate a deep understanding of system-level programming and power management principles.
mailing-listlinuxmailingpull-requestspatches
kaccardi/ciao
Jul 2016 - Jan 2018
Contributions:3 PRs, 516 pushes, 206 branches in 1 year 5 months
integratedorchestratorcloudkubernetesciao
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