Wade Okawa-scannell
Embedded Software Engineer at MKS Instruments
City of Rochester, New York, United States
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Top SchoolWade Okawa-scannell is an embedded software engineer with 12 years of hands-on experience building and debugging real-time systems for printers, transit, and portable gaming platforms. Currently at MKS Instruments after a long tenure developing embedded firmware for Xerox production printers, he is fluent across Linux, Windows, and macOS toolchains including GNU tools and Visual Studio. A Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute CS graduate (Magna Cum Laude), Wade combines rigorous engineering with a tinkerer’s inclination—he enjoys taking hardware apart to repair and repurpose it, which informs practical, maintainable firmware designs. He brings a strong track record of shipping reliable embedded software and a curiosity for both cutting-edge and legacy technologies that helps him solve unusual integration and debug challenges.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
English, JapaneseGithub contributions (1)
okawaw/CPPunk
Mar 2014 - May 2017
Contributions:57 commits, 29 pushes in 3 years 2 months
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