Kurtis Heimerl
Research Advisor at University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolKurtis Heimerl is a research-focused engineer and academic with 14 years of experience building and advising on cellular and networking systems, currently an Associate Professor at the University of Washington and Research Advisor at Laude Ventures. He blends deep telecom expertise—GSM, OpenBTS, and community cellular networks—with HCI and crowdsourcing methods to make connectivity more accessible and easier to operate. His career spans industry and startups (Facebook, Endaga, Range Networks) and impactful academic work at UC Berkeley, where he drove power-efficient, community-focused cellular solutions. Known for turning research into deployable systems, he pairs hands-on engineering with policy and operational insights that help communities run their own networks.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Postdoctoral Researcher, Computer Science, Postdoctoral Researcher, Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyPhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at UC BerkeleyBS, Computer Engineering, BS, Computer Engineering at University of Wasington
Github Skills (72)
controlling8
altium-designer8
gsm8
jekyll8
4g8
lte7
gprs7
5g7
yang7
deploying7
bonjour7
network-tools6
network-automation6
routeros6
zoneminder6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
endaga/openbts
Aug 2013 - Aug 2015
Contributions:78 commits, 28 PRs, 28 pushes in 2 years
gsmnodejsgprsnode-networkradio
endaga/smqueue
Feb 2014 - Aug 2015
Contributions:36 commits, 10 PRs, 14 pushes in 1 year 5 months
golangforwardrfcserver
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