Luke Berndt
Principal Engineer at In-Q-Tel
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLuke Berndt is a Principal Engineer with 15 years of experience building applied research prototypes, cloud-native satellite ground systems, and public-safety communications tools for government and commercial users. He founded OpenMHz and created the open-source Trunk Recorder to scale capture and archival of over 150 radio systems and tens of thousands of minutes of daily audio, demonstrating a rare blend of hands-on SDR engineering and product thinking. At In-Q-Tel and DHS he led technical programs that turned research into deployable capabilities—ranging from TinyML smart sensors to automated dataset collection with PTZ cameras and SDRs—and closed investments by aligning startup roadmaps with customer needs. He’s comfortable anywhere in the stack (Node.js, C++, cloud, embedded) and has a track record of briefing senior stakeholders and delivering auditable, mission-focused systems. Based in Washington, D.C., he combines entrepreneurial grit with government-grade program management and a pragmatic focus on reproducible, open solutions.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
MS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at The George Washington UniversityBS Computer Science American Studies, BS Computer Science American Studies at Trinity College-Hartford
Github Skills (176)
prediction-model10
python10
trunk10
deep-learning10
rtl-sdr10
scanner10
ecosystem10
cybersecurity10
wireless10
dac10
tensorflow10
communications10
archived10
machine-learning10
explore10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
robotastic/smartband
Apr 2015 - Aug 2016
Contributions:48 commits, 42 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
robotastic/trunk-recorder-docker
Dec 2016 - Oct 2021
a version of trunk-recorder that is designed for docker
Contributions:31 commits, 7 PRs, 28 pushes in 4 years 10 months
crosswordjoomla-componentdockertrunkrecorder
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