René Stäbler
Principal, Data-Driven Innovation
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolRené Stäbler is a Principal in Data-Driven Innovation with nine years focused on translating AI, IoT and cloud technologies into disruptive business models and aftermarket service offerings. He partners with boards and C-suite leaders to align digital initiatives with corporate strategy and to uncover growth opportunities that often sit outside conventional roadmaps. René combines deep enterprise experience from IBM with hands-on IoT and embedded engineering contributions—such as improving ESP32 A2DP audio streaming and fixes to the widely used Kodi media player—bridging technical implementation and executive decision-making. He advises universities and public initiatives on digital transformation and holds executive credentials including Harvard Business School Online training in Disruptive Strategy. Known for working across organizational silos, he helps prepare cultures for the change required to capture data as a value driver. René seeks to join strong executive teams where he can convert innovation into measurable outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Engineering Studies Communications Engineering and IT, Graduated from Department of Electrical Engineering, Engineering Studies Communications Engineering and IT, Graduated from Department of Electrical Engineering at Advanced Technical College Technikum WinterthurOther; Certificate in Disruptive Strategy with Clayton Christensen, Disruptive Strategy - Harness the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Craft Winning Strategies, Complete, Other; Certificate in Disruptive Strategy with Clayton Christensen, Disruptive Strategy - Harness the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Craft Winning Strategies, Complete at Harvard Business School OnlinePostgraduate Studies Business Management, Postgraduate Studies Business Management at Institut für Betriebs- und Regionalökonomie der HWV Luzern
Github Skills (23)
c-language10
addin10
bluetooth-le10
kodi10
media-playback10
media-player10
video-player10
playback10
bluetooth10
esp3210
multimedia10
videojs10
cprogramming-language10
curl10
arduino10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
pschatzmann/ESP32-A2DP
Apr 2021 - Dec 2022
A Simple ESP32 Bluetooth A2DP Library (to implement a Music Receiver or Sender) that supports Arduino, PlatformIO and Espressif IDF
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 7 PRs, 11 comments in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:René primarily contributed to the `esp32-a2dp` library, enhancing its Bluetooth A2DP functionality. Their work involved modifying the existing code for dependency updates and to improve the control over the Bluetooth discovery mode. They implemented mono downmix functionality, optimized the audio stream, and added a task shutdown to improve the library's stability and usability. Furthermore, they addressed compile errors and improved the volume control implementation.
senderplatformioesp32a2dp-bluetoothbluetooth
xbmc/xbmc
Mar 2017 - Jun 2018
Kodi is an award-winning free and open source home theater/media center software and entertainment hub for digital media. With its beautiful interface and powerful skinning engine, it's available for Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS, tvOS and Windows.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 26 PRs, 163 comments in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:René's contributions primarily involve fixing bugs and implementing features related to video playback, specifically addressing issues with seeking and handling of time values within the Kodi media player. They modified the code to handle PTS values exceeding the maximum integer limit and removed unnecessary casts. The user also added functionality to the CurlFile class, allowing for setting redirect limits and custom HTTP requests. Furthermore, the user introduced improvements to the binary addon interface, enabling it to retrieve multiple values for the same property name and allowing a PVR to provide an EDL for an EPG tag.
pythonentertainmentc-plus-plusiosmultimedia
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