Michael Heyns
Embedded Prototype Specialist at Windcave (ex Payment Express)
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Summary
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SeniorMichael Heyns is an embedded prototype specialist with 11 years of focused experience in designing and delivering commercial and embedded software solutions, currently leading prototype efforts at Windcave in Auckland. His background spans senior embedded engineering and leadership roles across fintech, retail forecourt systems, wireless power, and defence, reflecting a rare combination of hands-on firmware skill and product-facing delivery. He has repeatedly moved between startups and established firms, stepping into director and CTO-level roles early in his career and bringing an entrepreneurial, systems-minded approach to engineering problems. Known for turning complex hardware-software requirements into practical prototypes and production-ready designs, he pairs deep embedded knowledge with commercial product insight.
11 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (13)
tcp-client10
uart10
tcp-server10
socket10
baud-rate10
tcp-socket10
csharp9
terminal-emulator8
embedded8
windows8
vt1008
lisp7
rabbitvcs1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
michael-heyns/STM32_HowTo
Aug 2018 - Feb 2022
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 7 months
michael-heyns/Terminal2
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
Terminal emulator with Serial and TCP socket capabilities
Contributions:23 releases, 86 commits, 91 pushes in 10 months
tcp-socketterminal-emulatorterminalemulatorserial
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