Kurt Kennett
Founder, CEO at Storm Agents Inc
Kirkland, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKurt Kennett is a seasoned founder and engineering leader with over three decades of experience designing and shipping embedded systems, device drivers, firmware, and advanced graphics across consumer hardware and gaming platforms. He has led large cross-functional teams at Microsoft and IonQ and served as a systems architect for Nintendo’s Wii U, consistently taking products from incubation through launch. Known for deep low-level expertise, Kurt blends hands-on coding with product strategy and public API design, enabling robust integrations with silicon partners and OEMs. Based in Kirkland, WA, he recently returned to entrepreneurship as Founder/CEO of Storm Agents Inc., bringing a rare combination of firmware-level mastery and product incubation experience. An experienced mentor and technical polyglot, he also develops learning materials to disseminate hard-won systems knowledge.
11 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Computer Science, BSc, Computer Science at Simon Fraser University
Github Skills (34)
uefi9
firmware9
shell8
arm8
iot-core8
powershell8
python8
command-line8
linux8
windows8
libgit27
git-hooks7
version-control7
netcore7
macos7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
kkennett/k2osdev
Feb 2018 - Feb 2020
Contributions:267 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
kkennett/oscore.dev
Feb 2020 - May 2022
Contributions:1048 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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