Thorsten Laux
Investor at Entrprize Corp
Berlin Metropolitan Area Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolThorsten Laux is a technically deep software leader, entrepreneur and investor with over 15 years of experience building Java platform technology and large-scale client/server and web applications. He turned Sun’s desktop Java platform into a $35M annual business, has led internationally dispersed engineering organizations up to 80 people, and manages product lifecycle, go-to-market and program teams. A former theoretical physics MS turned pragmatic engineer, he holds 18 patent filings and has hands-on firmware and embedded systems contributions to prominent open-source flight controller projects like Betaflight and Cleanflight. Based in Berlin, Thorsten combines platform and API expertise (Java, C/C++) with startup-grade execution and board-level strategic oversight. He is particularly skilled at translating deep technical designs into sustainable businesses and product portfolios.
9 years of coding experience
Masters of Science, Theoretical Physics, Masters of Science, Theoretical Physics at Kiel University
Github Skills (12)
c1710
firmware10
controls10
embedded10
pid-control10
c1110
controller10
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telemetry9
beta-versions9
preflight9
beta-release9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
cleanflight/cleanflight
Mar 2018 - Sep 2019
Clean-code version of the baseflight flight controller firmware
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:129 commits in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Thorsten primarily contributed to the flight controller firmware, focusing on enhancements to the PID controller and related settings. Their work included implementing features such as throttle boost and I-term rotation, and incorporating a smart feedforward mechanism. The user also added new configuration options related to absolute control and improved RPM filtering. They made several code changes, including new settings for advanced flight control.
flightcontrollerfirmwarecleanflight-controller
betaflight/betaflight
Mar 2018 - Mar 2018
Open Source Flight Controller Firmware
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:1 commit, 65 PRs, 1 push in 1 day
Contributions summary:Thorsten primarily contributed to the flight controller firmware, with a focus on PID control algorithms. Their work included implementing an I-term rotation feature, adding settings related to throttle boost, and incorporating smart feedforward functionality. Furthermore, they modified telemetry features related to Dshot signals and RPM filtering, and the handling of ESC commands.
flightcontrollerbetaflightfirmwareflight-controller
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