Richard Shaw
Staff Automation Engineer, Advanced Manufacturing
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Shaw is a Staff Automation Engineer with 15 years of experience leading digital transformation and advanced manufacturing projects at Smith & Nephew in Memphis. He combines deep mechanical engineering roots (BS and MSME from University of Memphis) with hands-on automation, inspection technology, and sustaining engineering leadership across global programs. Known for applying Lean and Six Sigma to improve SQDC metrics, he has a track record of managing capital projects, design-for-manufacturing, and complex gauge and fixture design to support medical device production. Richard also contributes to open-source build and release work—tweaking CMake and cross-platform build configurations for projects like OpenImageIO—showing an uncommon focus on reproducible builds and platform portability. His background includes laser safety oversight and a patented algorithm collaboration for computer-assisted surgery, reflecting a blend of practical shop-floor expertise and technical innovation. He excels at translating regulatory and production constraints into reliable, auditable automation solutions.
16 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering at The University of Memphis
Github Skills (10)
compatible10
c-language10
cmake10
cross-platform10
cprogramming-language10
multiplatform10
build-automation10
image-processing9
python9
opencv8
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenImageIO
Jan 2012 - Jun 2020
Reading, writing, and processing images in a wide variety of file formats, using a format-agnostic API, aimed at VFX applications.
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:10 commits, 4 PRs, 84 comments in 8 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Richard's contributions primarily revolve around build system configuration and integration with external libraries. They added an option to use external TBB (Threading Building Blocks) libraries by modifying CMake files. Furthermore, the user adjusted the build process to use the correct python executable on Fedora. This suggests a focus on ensuring the project builds correctly across various systems and dependencies. They also fixed a compile issue for the ESA/390 mainframe, indicating an interest in cross-platform compatibility.
apivfximageagnosticc-plus-plus
rpmfusion/unifi
Mar 2018 - Dec 2022
unifi - nonfree
Contributions:64 commits, 1 PR, 9 comments in 4 years 9 months
nonfreeunifi
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