Paul Kourany
Embedded Hardware And Software Consultant at IT Worx Services
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Kourany is an embedded hardware and software consultant with 12 years of professional experience and a background in electrical and electronics engineering from Carleton University. He pairs hands-on IoT firmware work—contributing performance-focused improvements to Particle device OS GPIO and timer functions—with a disciplined, process-driven approach to project and quality management. A former Senior Project Manager and ISO 9001 Lead Auditor, Paul has built, certified, and sustained quality-driven PMO systems and trained teams to adopt simplified, practical project frameworks. He has led integrations of enterprise tools like Sciforma and Jira, translating technical complexity into auditable, repeatable processes for cross-functional stakeholders. Comfortable moving between PCB- and firmware-level engineering and program leadership, he brings a rare blend of low-level embedded optimization and organizational rigour. Based in Ottawa, he leverages this dual expertise to deliver reliable IoT solutions that are both technically efficient and management-ready.
12 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor's degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Carleton University
English, French
Github Skills (13)
c1710
timers10
gpio10
iot10
embedded10
timer10
device-management10
cpp10
c1110
sys10
cplus10
stm9
arduino9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
particle-iot/device-os
Aug 2015 - Oct 2015
Device OS (Firmware) for Particle Devices
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 9 PRs, 45 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Paul contributed to the device OS firmware by implementing and modifying low-level functions related to pin management and timer control. Their primary focus was on optimizing GPIO read operations with the `pinReadFast` function and adding timer functionality with `timerChangePeriod`. The changes involved modifying header and source files to integrate these features into the system. These updates likely improve the firmware's performance and expand its capabilities.
xenonparticleargonelectronfirmware
pkourany/DMD_Library
May 2014 - Jan 2017
Contributions:35 commits, 26 pushes, 3 comments in 2 years 8 months
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