Phil Wilson
Co-Chief Executive Officer at balena
Greater Guildford Area, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolPhil Wilson is an accomplished software architect and executive who currently serves as Co-CEO and CTO at balena, bringing a practical, hands-on approach to leading product and engineering teams. With a career spanning IoT, defence, and cloud platforms, he has moved from low-level C++ systems and secure comms to designing multi-tenant Azure IoT frameworks and embedded Raspberry Pi applications. Known for leading by example, he combines product instincts with hardware hacking experience—evidenced by contributions that extended a Raspberry Pi dashboard with CEC TV control and environment-driven kiosk features. Phil blends strategic vision with deep technical craft, routinely turning research-grade ideas into deployable products across industries. Based in the Greater Guildford area, he pairs a methodical management style with a taste for cutting-edge, pragmatic solutions.
6 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science (BSc) Computer Science, Computer Science (BSc) Computer Science at University of Hertfordshire
Github Skills (9)
embedded10
bash10
script10
dashboard10
raspberry-pi10
environment-variables10
sys10
chromium9
balena9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
balena-labs-projects/balena-dash
Apr 2020 - Mar 2022
Build a Raspberry Pi based desktop dashboard for stats, photos, videos and more!
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:1 review, 28 commits, 14 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Phil primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and control of a Raspberry Pi-based dashboard application. They implemented features to control TV functions via CEC commands and enable/disable the cursor based on environment variables. The user modified the kiosk startup scripts and Chromium configuration to support the new features and added environment variables to control the dashboard behavior.
raspberry-pioctoprintvideosraspberrybalena
phil-d-wilson/balenaLocating-ML
Dec 2019 - Aug 2021
Contributions:128 commits, 4 pushes in 1 year 8 months
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