Summary
Richard Hodges is a seasoned embedded systems engineer with roots in 6809 and MIPS development and over four decades of programming experience spanning low-, mid-, and high-level work. He founded Matriplex to fill gaps in early streaming media infrastructure, building VOD servers, encoders, set-top prototypes and network devices before selling his IP and leading low-level software and device drivers as Senior Software Architect at Prismiq. Comfortable in both FreeBSD and Linux kernel/driver work, he continues hands-on development with STM8 and STM32 microcontrollers and maintains an STM8S ecosystem on GitHub. Based in Wyoming and recently returning from semi-retirement, he brings pragmatic product experience, a knack for lean hardware-software integration, and a history of turning prototypes into shipped systems.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer