Steve Penrod
System Architect at Nuraxi.ai
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSteve Penrod is a systems architect and seasoned engineering leader with over a decade of experience building privacy-forward ML and distributed systems, currently focused on privacy-tech and healthcare data infrastructure. He co-founded Mycroft AI and COVID Safe Paths, blending hands-on development—from Raspberry Pi enclosures and TTS viseme work to React Native mobile UIs—with product and organizational leadership. At TripleBlind and subsequently Selfii and Nuraxi.ai he architected platforms that enable secure collaboration on sensitive data, translating cryptographic and privacy research into production systems. Steve excels at motivating multidisciplinary teams and shipping pragmatic solutions that balance usability, privacy, and scale. His open-source contributions show deep full‑stack craftsmanship and a penchant for improving first‑use experiences and self-updating/dev-ops workflows. Based in Kansas City, he combines startup founder grit with experience driving multimillion-dollar product adoption in regulated domains.
10 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
University of Kansas
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (39)
markdown10
speech-to-text10
javascript10
mobile-development10
react-native10
python10
scripting10
css10
open-source10
text-to-speech10
bash10
ui-design10
script10
markdown-it10
front-end-development10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
MycroftAI/enclosure-picroft
Jan 2017 - Dec 2019
Mycroft interface for Raspberry Pi environment
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:70 commits, 41 PRs, 70 pushes in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Steve primarily contributed to the Picroft development image, focusing on enhancing its usability and functionality. Their work involved modifying the startup script (`auto_run.sh`) to include audio setup, network configuration, and software update capabilities. They added and modified scripts such as update.sh and configure_wifi.sh to enable self-updating features and improve the user experience during the initial setup process. They also streamlined the command-line interface.
raspberry-pirpimycroftrpi3raspbian
MycroftAI/mycroft-skills
Oct 2016 - May 2019
A repository for sharing and collaboration for third-party Mycroft skills development.
Role in this project:UI Designer & Front-end Developer
UI Designer & Front-end DeveloperContributions:156 commits, 258 PRs, 198 pushes in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Steve primarily contributed to the development of a meta-editor tool for creating skill descriptions within the Mycroft AI ecosystem. Their work focused on significant UI upgrades, including the integration of icons (Font Awesome and image URLs), the implementation of preview features (Github, card, details), and the addition of tags and categories. The user also implemented changes to the UI, including updates to various visual elements and user interface flows within the editor. Further contributions involved updating the handling of the README file directly.
third-partyvoice-controlmycroftpartyapps
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