Neal Smith
Chief Software Officer at Core Impact Inc
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolNeal Smith is a seasoned engineering leader and Chief Software Officer with over two decades of hands-on experience in C/C++, Java, and C#, spanning low-level device drivers to high-level UIs across Windows, Linux, and Android. He built deep expertise at Intel as a senior engineer and machine learning engineering manager, and now leads software strategy and teams at Core Impact Inc., where he mentors engineers and negotiates complex third-party integrations. Neal’s portfolio includes embedded and IoT work on Intel’s Movidius Neural Compute Stick—contributing to core SDK code and practical computer vision examples—demonstrating a rare blend of systems-level programming and applied ML. Known for thriving in engineering manager or technical lead roles, he pairs pragmatic architecture skills with a talent for translating hardware constraints into deployable software. Based in Phoenix, Neal brings both long-term institutional experience and ongoing curiosity in developer relations and retro/mobile projects.
9 years of coding experience
34 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at New Mexico State University
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apidoc9
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mask-rcnn9
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
movidius/ncsdk
Oct 2017 - Aug 2019
Software Development Kit for the Neural Compute Stick
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 33 commits, 14 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Neal's commits primarily involve modifications to the `mvnc_api.c` file, likely related to the core functionality of the Neural Compute SDK. Changes include adding source code, potentially improving the API's integration with the underlying Myriad hardware, and implementing a workaround for an AWS issue. There are also changes related to build and installation, and documentation updates.
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movidius/ncappzoo
Aug 2017 - Oct 2019
Contains examples for the Movidius Neural Compute Stick.
Role in this project:ML Engineer
ML EngineerContributions:2 releases, 573 commits, 351 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Neal contributed to the development of examples for the Movidius Neural Compute Stick, demonstrating expertise in computer vision and deep learning. Their work includes implementing a "hello_ncs" sample, integrating the open source library, and implementing a face recognition application. These contributions demonstrate an understanding of the Movidius Neural Compute Stick and using the Intel NCS to perform various types of model.
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