Robert Mcmahon
Founder at Umber Networks
Saratoga, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Mcmahon is a founder and seasoned software engineer with 30+ years of experience specializing in test and measurement, networking, and automation, currently building a fiber-to-wireless startup from Saratoga, CA. He has deep expertise in 802.11, RF testbeds, and automation frameworks—having led test infrastructure and autonomous "lights-out" rigs at Broadcom that combine multivariate statistical analysis and hierarchical clustering for regression detection. Robert blends low-level systems work (C/C++, device drivers, embedded systems) with high-level scripting and orchestration (TCL, Python asyncio) and has a track record of extending and open-sourcing tools like iperf to meet demanding distributed test requirements. Comfortable as both individual contributor and technical lead, he scales test operations across geographies and mentors engineers while pushing toward fully autonomous, 24x7 FDIR-enabled test and monitoring systems. Known for pragmatic engineering tied to market outcomes, he seeks high-integrity collaborators and commercially viable projects that reward technical rigor.
11 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
BS Electrical Engineerring, BS Electrical Engineerring at Washington University in St. LouisBA Mathematics, BA Mathematics at Austin College
Github Skills (30)
bandwidth10
sctp9
measurement9
udp9
tcp9
traffic9
gnuradio9
network8
latency8
benchmarking8
reflect8
networking8
benchmark8
apache6
openwisp5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
lynxis/iperf2
Sep 2015 - Oct 2018
Contributions:300 commits, 3 comments in 3 years 2 months
daynix/iperf2
Aug 2014 - Jul 2015
Contributions:104 commits in 11 months
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