Summary
Leonardo Bispo is a Senior Chipset Firmware Engineer with eight years of hands-on experience building embedded and chipset-level firmware across audio and GNSS domains, currently driving low-level development at Oticon. His background spans product-focused roles at Bang & Olufsen and u-blox, field application engineering, and founding a startup, giving him a rare mix of firmware expertise, customer-facing technical insight, and entrepreneurial grit. He holds an MEngSt from the University of Canterbury and a BE Hons, and has moved between sales, teaching, and deep engineering roles—evidence of strong communication skills paired with technical depth. Based in Zion, Illinois (originally from Denmark), he maintains an active GitHub presence and a pragmatic focus on turning complex chipset requirements into reliable, production-ready firmware.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Applied Business, Applied Business at NZIE (New Zealand Institute of Education)
Master of Engineering Studies - MEngSt, Master of Engineering Studies - MEngSt at University of Canterbury
Mackenzie Presbyterian University
Technician, Technician at ETE Prof. Basilides de Godoy
Portuguese, English, Spanish, Danish