Tim Steele
Distinguished Software Engineer at Vistance Networks
Sanford, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolTim Steele is a Distinguished Software Engineer with over three decades of hands-on experience designing and implementing real-time telecommunications and video systems, specializing in PON (G-PON/XGS-PON), DOCSIS, SONET and MPEG-based products. He has architected and brought up embedded platforms across PowerPC, MIPS, Cavium OCTEON and Broadcom silicon, led teams through productization, and delivered device drivers, BSPs and fault/state management for OLTs and ONTs now shipping across dozens of platforms. Tim blends low-level C and assembly expertise with modern system work—applying Vector Packet Processing and custom Ceph-based storage for high-throughput CMTS and DVR prototypes—while retaining deep experience in embedded RTOS and Linux environments. A founding member of Quantum Bridge Communications (now Vistance Networks) and former security and telecom contributor at Bell Labs and Safenet, he pairs pragmatism in constrained environments with architectural vision for scalable, carrier-grade systems. Notably, his OLT/ONT architecture has been reused across many product lines, reflecting a rare track record of durable, portable designs.
13 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
ASET, Computer Science, ASET, Computer Science at Wentworth Institute of TechnologyM.S, Computer Science, M.S, Computer Science at University of PittsburghB.S, Computer Science, B.S, Computer Science at Boston University
Github Skills (40)
woocommerce10
styles10
ecommerce10
wordpress10
php10
commerce10
express-graphql10
shopping-cart9
web-application9
css9
server9
dom9
nodejs9
http-server9
graphql9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
tim-steele/backbone-warden
Jan 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:4 commits, 1 PR, 3 pushes in 7 months
wardenlocal-datadata-modelbackbone
tim-steele/onyan
Oct 2016 - Jul 2017
Contributions:11 pushes, 2 branches, 4 tags in 8 months
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