Pontus Lidman
Senior Manager, Device Software at SPAN
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPontus Lidman is a senior device software leader based in the San Francisco Bay Area, currently leading device software at SPAN after engineering management at Google. He brings two decades of hands-on embedded and systems experience spanning semiconductor firms (Marvell, Synaptics), startups, and his own software ventures, blending deep architecture, security, and product delivery expertise. Pontus has a track record of shaping solutions from low-level drivers and real‑time graphics to device security and scalable firmware teams, often bridging legal/open-source strategy with engineering execution. He pairs formal training (MSc in Computer Science & Engineering from Linköping) with entrepreneurial instincts honed running multiple small companies. Known for a portable “here, there, everywhere” approach, he thrives on cross-disciplinary coordination that turns complex hardware constraints into shipping products.
2 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
Rudbeckianska skolanMaster of Science, Computer Science & Engineering, Master of Science, Computer Science & Engineering at Tekniska högskolan vid Linköpings universitet
Github Skills (36)
opa10
ux-design10
kubernetes10
docker10
visualization10
catalog10
kubernetes-operator10
meshery10
gitops10
consul10
internal-developer-platform10
golang10
istio10
infrastructure-as-code10
webassembly10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
pontusringblom/advanced-terraform-2823489
May 2024 - Feb 2025
Advanced Terraform
Contributions:3 PRs, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 8 months
pontusringblom/helm-kanvas-snapshot
Feb 2025 - Feb 2025
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
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