Richard Arends
Owner at The Data People
Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Arends is a seasoned telecommunications professional and owner of The Data People with over two decades of hands-on experience spanning cable installation, PBX programming, and voice/data systems sales, service, and installation. He progressed from field installer to operations manager and business owner, combining practical expertise on IBM mainframes, AS400s and PCs with modern VoIP certifications including Avaya IP Office, Allworx, and Altigen. Based in Wisconsin, he provides end-to-end solutions—hardware, networking, servers, software and helpdesk—often bridging legacy telecom infrastructure with contemporary IP telephony. Known for learning systems from the ground up, he brings both front-line troubleshooting instincts and operational discipline to small and mid-market communications projects.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
none, Computer Science, none, Computer Science at Illinois State University
Github Skills (159)
python10
high-availability10
automation10
home-assistant10
fluentd10
openstreetmap10
tesla10
bare-metal10
kubernetes-cluster10
mqtt10
ansible10
home-automation10
kubernetes10
garden10
iot10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
Mosibi/whr_930
Dec 2017 - May 2022
Control a StorkAir/Zehnder WHR 930 ventilation unit using mqtt
Contributions:3 releases, 5 reviews, 27 commits in 4 years 5 months
storkventilationwhrdomoticamqtt
Mosibi/luftdaten_to_mqtt
Dec 2019 - May 2023
Sent luftdaten info onto a MQTT topic
Contributions:3 PRs, 2 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 4 months
mqtt-topicluftdaten-infomqtthome-assistantluftdaten
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