Ron Picard
Lead Engineer at Wyvern Systems
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRon Picard is a hands-on engineering leader and product architect with a decade of experience building autonomy, AI, and flight-test systems for the DoD and commercial startups. He has led teams from small skunkworks to 200+ people, directly delivering program wins that tripled revenue, doubled staff, and enabled EpiSci’s acquisition by Applied Intuition. Ron masterminded and executed first-of-its-kind USAF experiments where AI agents piloted the X-62 VISTA in tactical engagements and ran 20+ group 4/5 UAS flight tests from dev to deployment. Equally fluent in software, hardware integration, and systems design, he ships complex C++ autonomy stacks, cloud-enabled flight pipelines, and missionized products on tight schedules. A private pilot and ham radio operator, he brings practical aviation experience to autonomy development and is known for recruiting high-performing teams via rigorous hands-on hiring and mentoring. Based in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, Ron blends deep technical execution with strategic product and business outcomes across government and industry programs.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering at Wright State UniversityMaster of Engineering - MEng, Cyber-Physical Systems, Master of Engineering - MEng, Cyber-Physical Systems at Vanderbilt University
Github Skills (8)
firefox8
testing8
chrome8
automation7
chromium7
node-module6
developer-tools6
javascript-api5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
rpicard92/ubuntu-router
Jul 2018 - Oct 2019
Contributions:5 commits, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
rpicard92/Meadow-Unity-Game
May 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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