Richard Scott
BP Product Manager at Health Systems Limited
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Scott is a BP Product Manager and medical device engineer with over a decade of experience translating embedded systems and low-level firmware expertise into clinically focused cardiovascular measurement products. He leads product strategy and clinical adoption for non-invasive central aortic blood pressure and pulse wave analysis technologies, advocating for richer waveform data to drive better risk assessment and treatment decisions. His background spans executive leadership, product development and consulting across startups and specialized payments/security firms, reflecting a rare blend of regulatory, clinical and systems engineering skills. On GitHub he has contributed practical build and low-level fixes to embedded .NET interpreters for platforms like ESP32 and STM32, underscoring hands-on firmware and toolchain know-how. Based in Auckland, he is driven by a mission to make accurate, affordable BP waveform measurement and cardiovascular management accessible at scale. Colleagues would note his uncommon combination of clinical evangelism and deep technical craftsmanship.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc. Electronic Eng. (Cum Laude), Secure Transaction Processing Between Computers, M.Sc. Electronic Eng. (Cum Laude), Secure Transaction Processing Between Computers at University of KwaZulu-NatalKearsney College, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Github Skills (19)
c-language10
firmware10
memory-management10
microcontroller10
interpreter10
netframework10
micro-framework10
micro10
sys10
build-automation10
esp3210
powershell10
embedded10
stm10
cprogramming-language10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
nanoframework/nf-interpreter
Sep 2018 - Oct 2021
:gear: nanoFramework Interpreter, CLR, HAL, PAL and reference target boards
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:21 reviews, 19 commits, 27 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Richard contributed significantly to the build and configuration aspects of the nanoFramework interpreter, primarily targeting ESP32 and STM32 platforms. Their work involved creating PowerShell scripts to install required toolchains and configure environment variables for building the firmware. They also updated build configurations within VS Code, including task and launch configurations, and addressed issues related to PWM device selection. Additionally, the user made changes to the linker file configuration.
clresp32pwmhalserial-communication
NETMF/netmf-interpreter
Feb 2016 - May 2016
.NET Micro Framework Interpreter
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 12 PRs, 77 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Richard primarily focused on low-level system code modifications, specifically within the .NET Micro Framework Interpreter. Their contributions included improving the `BitConverter` implementation to avoid memory access errors and adjusting the handling of data types. Furthermore, the user updated the OneWire API to use logical port numbers and corrected various related functions. These changes point to the user's experience with hardware interfacing and low-level programming, specifically related to embedded systems.
compilermicro-frameworkinterpretercsharp
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