Summary
Nicholas Guiffrida is a seasoned software product manager and embedded systems engineer with 15 years of hands-on experience designing, maintaining, and shipping complex radio and device firmware. Based in San Diego, he currently leads product efforts at TrellisWare Technologies after progressing through roles from embedded engineer to senior lead software engineer, where he supervised teams of 3–5 engineers building next-generation waveforms and platform software. His background spans low-level microcontroller C, Linux kernel drivers, and user-space C++/Python daemons, combined with practical field experience supporting deployments and debugging at customer sites. Nicholas pairs technical depth with operational rigor—he’s owned configuration management, CI pipelines, and even built a custom Access database to streamline high-value package workflows earlier in his career. Known as a diligent team player who learns quickly, he brings a pragmatic focus on reliability and performance to product decisions and engineering leadership.
16 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Associates Arts, Associates Arts at Chaffey College
Bachelors Information Systems, Bachelors Information Systems at University of California, Riverside