Vincent Poon
IT Project Manager at County of Santa Clara
United States
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Top SchoolVincent Poon is an IT Project Manager with 25 years in technology and over eight years leading projects using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies, currently managing IT delivery for the County of Santa Clara. He combines deep infrastructure expertise—Windows and Linux administration, VMware virtualization, Cisco/Juniper networking, and backup solutions—with hands-on scripting, database, and cloud experience. Vincent has led teams, vendor evaluations, and disaster recovery planning across education, government, and enterprise environments, and has mentored and managed large part-time staffs. Unusually for a PM, he contributes to open-source drone and ArduPilot documentation, adding firmware compatibility fixes to QGroundControl and improving hardware docs, reflecting a practical interest in embedded/IoT systems. He holds a Master's in Software Engineering focused on virtualization and big data and recently completed the Google Project Management certificate, blending formal training with broad operational know-how.
6 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
San José State UniversityBSc (Hons), Computing Mathematics, BSc (Hons), Computing Mathematics at Sheffield Hallam UniversityGoogle Project Management Certificate, Project Management, Google Project Management Certificate, Project Management at Coursera
cantonese, english, mandarin
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Github Skills (13)
firmware10
embedded10
drones10
c-language10
px410
cprogramming-language10
autopilot10
sys10
mavlink10
documentation10
technical-writing10
qt9
gps9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ArduPilot/ardupilot_wiki
Aug 2020 - Sep 2022
Repository for ArduPilot wiki issues and wiki-specific website infrastructure.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:3 reviews, 13 commits, 30 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Vincent primarily contributed to the ArduPilot wiki by adding and updating documentation related to hardware components and configurations. They added detailed information on new and existing Holybro products, including GPS modules, RTF kits, and flight controllers. They updated purchase links and corrected information across multiple pages within the wiki, ensuring the documentation remained current.
ardupilotinfrastructuretiddlywiki5autopilotwiki
mavlink/qgroundcontrol
Apr 2022 - May 2022
Cross-platform ground control station for drones (Android, iOS, Mac OS, Linux, Windows)
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:4 commits, 9 PRs, 25 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Vincent primarily focused on modifying the `FirmwareUpgradeController.cc` file within the QGroundControl project. They added support for various drone flight controllers including FMUv6C, Kakute H7 v2, and Kakute H7 Mini, and corrected related board ID errors. Furthermore, they addressed a ProductID issue for the FMUv6X-RT and added a board ID for the Holybro Kakuteh7mini. These changes align with firmware upgrade and flight controller compatibility within a drone control station.
androidioslinuxmacoswindows
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