Robinson Tryon
Single Function Paramedic Officer, Dallas Fire-Rescue Department at Tryon Consulting
United States
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Top SchoolRobinson Tryon is a licensed Texas paramedic and veteran technologist who blends 21 years of software and open-source experience with hands-on emergency medicine and community response leadership. Currently serving as a Single Function Paramedic Officer recruit with Dallas Fire-Rescue while working operational EMS at Lone Star Park, he brings practical patient-care skills, radio communications, and incident logistics to his technical mindset. As principal of Tryon Consulting and former QA engineer for The Document Foundation, he has taught GNU/Linux, Git, scripting, and open-source governance while building tools and processes that scale contributor onboarding and quality assurance. Robinson’s work sits at the intersection of HCI, privacy, law, and education—he advocates for free/open formats in schools, hospitals, and government and for blending traditional crafts with advanced maker technologies. Colleagues value his ability to translate complex technical concepts into usable training and documentation, and his uncommon pairing of emergency-response pragmatism with deep open-source stewardship.
21 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Computer Science, BA, Computer Science at Dartmouth CollegeEmergency Medical Technician - Paramedic - Certificate, Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic), Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic - Certificate, Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) at Dallas CollegeCatlin Gabel School
Github Skills (12)
bootloader10
bios10
firmware9
mediawiki5
bugzilla5
api4
mediawiki-extension4
rest-api3
rest3
csv1
text-files1
excel1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
colonelqubit/halyard
Mar 2009 - Jun 2009
Contributions:16 commits in 2 months
emk/halyard
Oct 2004 - Jun 2009
Contributions:54 commits in 4 years 8 months
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