Michael Karlesky
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Karlesky is a seasoned technology and product innovation leader with over 15 years of hands-on experience building embedded systems, IoT sensor platforms, and developer tooling across startups and enterprises. He has led software and electronics teams, architected data and analytics systems processing millions of sensor readings per month, and managed multi-million dollar budgets and vendor relationships to drive product outcomes. A Ph.D.-trained human–computer interaction researcher, he blends play theory and design thinking with pragmatic engineering—evident in projects from weather-balloon DSP to wearable tactile interfaces and an open-source embedded testing tool still used in industry. Known as a coach and creator, he runs popular online courses in software testing and translates complex systems into teachable practices. Entrepreneurial by nature, he excels at taking ideas from R&D through commercialization while fostering diverse, high-performing teams.
15 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Engineering (Electrical Emphasis), B.S., Engineering (Electrical Emphasis) at Grand Valley State UniversityPh.D., Computer Science, Ph.D., Computer Science at New York University - Polytechnic School of Engineering
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (126)
testing10
ceedling10
arduino-library10
rake10
monitoring10
influx10
kapacitor10
golang10
chronograf10
database10
json10
kafka10
editorconfig10
mocking10
cmock10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
ThrowTheSwitch/MadScienceLabDocker
Jan 2019 - May 2020
Cross-compilation C unit testing environment with Unity, CMock, and Ceedling
Contributions:5 releases, 5 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 4 months
discriminated-unionscompilationdubtestingceedling
ThrowTheSwitch/DrSurlyCourse2Docker
May 2017 - Jun 2020
Dr. Surly’s Course #2 build environment
Contributions:5 releases, 17 commits, 10 pushes in 3 years 1 month
supervisordcourse-2dockerbuild-environment
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