Summary
Robert Palmer is President and Owner of Ingenutec, LLC, leading a niche NFC and HF RFID engineering firm since 2009 and personally managing both business and hands-on technical work. He combines deep standards-level expertise in NFC with full-stack embedded and desktop software development, RF and hardware design, and payment/EMV firmware—delivering end-to-end solutions from board layout to production firmware. His clients span chip vendors, tag manufacturers, mobile payments and access control providers, and past projects include USB NFC reader hardware, Android NFC stack customization, and JCOP firmware for closed-loop systems. Formerly Director of Engineering for NFC & Contactless at Sirit Technologies, he brings leadership experience in managing IP stacks and complex project lifecycles. Known for practical problem-solving, he often blends electrical/RF tweaks with firmware changes to improve real-world NFC performance. Based in Knoxville, TN, he offers both consulting and product development with an emphasis on making NFC just work in productized systems.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer