Maxim Paperno
Founder And Owner at World Design Group Inc
New York, United States
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RockstarMaxim Paperno is a veteran software engineer and founder who has run World Design Group since 1996, delivering web design and site development from New York for over two decades. With 13 years of focused engineering experience and a lifelong passion for computing ("diggin' the bits and bytes for over 40 years"), he blends entrepreneurial leadership with deep hands‑on backend work. His open-source contributions span notable robotics and embedded ecosystems—improving Java-based flight simulation in PX4/jMAVSim, enhancing MAVLink Python tooling in pymavlink, and refining telemetry simulation in OpenTX—demonstrating strength in protocol handling, simulation, and tooling. Comfortable operating across small-business product delivery and complex technical codebases, he brings practical problem solving, attention to usability, and a knack for improving developer-facing systems.
13 years of coding experience
English, Russian
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Github Skills (21)
c-language10
qt10
python10
mavlink10
java10
enums10
flight-simulation10
javas10
code-generation10
cprogramming-language10
telemetry10
user-interface9
human-interface9
graphical-user-interface9
qml9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
PX4/jMAVSim
Feb 2016 - Apr 2016
Simple multirotor simulator with MAVLink protocol support
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:61 commits, 4 PRs, 28 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Maxim made several commits to the `jmavsim` repository, focusing on the core Java code that implements the flight simulator. They modified the `Simulator.java` file, adding and modifying user options as well as correcting functionality to allow various gimbal and view options. They also added methods for environmental modeling, magnetic field manipulation, and various bug fixes, enhancing the simulation capabilities.
mavlink-protocolmultirotorsimulationsimulatormavlink
opentx/opentx
Mar 2015 - Sep 2018
OpenTX custom firmware for Transmitters
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:252 commits, 117 PRs, 238 pushes in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Maxim primarily worked on the telemetry simulator UI, adding more fields to it. They incorporated hex notation for value input and implemented a feature to avoid sending blank values, which improved the usability of the telemetry simulator. The changes focused on the companion/src/simulation/telemetrysimu.cpp file and related functionality. The commits also included some refactoring such as adding more data fields
custom-firmwaretransmitterfirmwareopentx
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