Summary
Todd Coram is an experienced embedded systems and firmware engineer with over 30 years of hands-on experience building everything from bare-metal devices to cloud-connected multi-node systems. As owner of Maplefish LLC and a senior principal at AELIUS, he prototypes practical, cutting-edge hardware and software—specializing in real-time and soft real-time embedded systems, UAV augmentation, home monitoring, and subscription-free IoT. His background spans deep low-level work across diverse architectures (8051, ARM Cortex, MSP430, Parallax Propeller) and languages from C/C++ to Erlang and Forth, reflecting a hacker’s curiosity applied to rigorous system design. Known for tech teardowns and gadgeteering, he blends practical product thinking with research-style exploration to deliver field-ready solutions. Based in Falls Church, VA, he brings a rare combination of legacy embedded wisdom and modern cloud integration to solve real-world connectivity and autonomy challenges.
13 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer