Summary
Maicon Kist is a Software Engineer II at Microsoft with 12 years of experience bridging academic research and industry-grade systems engineering. He holds a PhD in Computer Science for work on virtualizing 5G radio access networks, resulting in multiple high-impact publications, a patent, and an EU-funded project that produced open-source software (gr-hydra) demonstrating a radio virtualization hypervisor. His hands-on expertise spans C/C++, Linux, Python, embedded systems, digital baseband processing and networking, with prior roles delivering embedded Ethernet test equipment and leading R&D at CONNECT Centre. At Airtel ATN and Microsoft he translated complex wireless and networking research into production software, combining low-level performance tuning with pragmatic system design. Based in Dublin, he brings a rare mix of academic rigor and product-focused execution, often surfacing research prototypes into demonstrable, funded projects.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master in Research, Computer Science, A, Master in Research, Computer Science, A at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Engineer's degree, Computer Engineering, Engineer's degree, Computer Engineering at Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul