W A
Software Engineer
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolW A is a seasoned software engineer with two decades of experience designing and delivering safety-critical embedded systems across defense, automotive, and robotics domains. He has led teams and projects that produced ISO 26262 and MISRA-compliant autonomy stacks—from autonomous yard dogs and mining trucks to semi-truck L2–L4 systems—combining low-level firmware, multicore integration, and system architecture. Comfortable both leading safety development and writing the unit tests and tools to prove it, he bridges engineering, functional safety, and systems teams to create auditable, fail-safe solutions. He also shifted into software automation, building UiPath-driven solutions that cut errors and delivered strong ROI for customers, showing a pragmatic eye for operational efficiency. Based in Denver, he pairs deep C/C++ and embedded expertise with a taste for making engineering approachable—his GitHub tagline, "Code Makes It Go," reflects a preference for clear, entertaining projects that demystify complex systems.
7 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Engineering Management, Master of Science - MS, Engineering Management at University of Wisconsin-PlattevilleB.S, Computer Engineering, B.S, Computer Engineering at Old Dominion UniversityUniversity of California, Irvine
Github Skills (5)
controlled8
arduino6
weld6
google-earth2
earth2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
CodeMakesItGo/SquidGamesDoll
Dec 2021 - Oct 2022
Contributions:14 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
CodeMakesItGo/FireWorkController2021
Jun 2021 - Dec 2022
Contributions:9 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
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