Zach Whitehead
Co-Founder at OpenPPG
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolZach Whitehead is a serial founder and seasoned software leader with 12 years of experience building cloud-native marketplaces, embedded firmware, and hardware-enabled consumer products. As co-founder of OpenPPG, he blends avionics and firmware development with PCB design, manufacturing, and e-commerce to support a global open-source paramotor community. At RVshare he scaled core platform systems, led migrations to cloud-native infrastructure, and drove AI integration and engineering strategy as a principal engineer and manager. Zach thrives at the intersection of hardware and software, shipping products from prototype firmware to international logistics. Based in Austin, he pairs hands-on engineering with team building and a founder’s focus on shipping delightful, high-impact products.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Information Technology Business Administration Web Design, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Information Technology Business Administration Web Design at University of Mount UnionCanfield High School
Italian, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
usb-hid10
postgresql10
controller10
python10
gps10
a2dp10
ruby10
ember10
bluetooth10
arduino-library10
usb-devices10
openalpr10
javascript10
pi10
commodore10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
openppg/discourse-simple-theme
Jan 2018 - Aug 2024
OpenPPG discourse theme
Contributions:10 PRs, 21 pushes, 5 branches in 6 years 7 months
discoursediscourse-theme
openppg/Adafruit_nRF52_Bootloader
May 2020 - Feb 2022
USB-enabled bootloaders for the nRF52 BLE SoC chips
Contributions:2 PRs, 7 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 9 months
nrf52nrf52840dfuusbble
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