Fred Ziegler

About Fred Ziegler

BACKGROUND Builder of robust software systems for over 20 years across the aerospace, semiconductor, digital music, and computer networking industries. Numerous successes building entire applications from the ground up, both alone and on a team, as a leader and as a developer. Experience includes numerous platforms and all phases of design, development, and testing.PHILOSOPHIESMOTTO: “Think problems through and get it right the first time.”MANAGEMENTA development team manager\'s role is to provide vision and goals, communicate and negotiate, provide resources, and minimize distractions.DEVELOPMENT: “Ownership over process”When developers own their projects, effective processes follow naturally.DESIGN: “Reliable, Maintainable, Scalable”Analyze the problem to solve. Define an architecture that will endure change. Build up robust components. Everything that follows will be easy.Specialties: Complete Desktop and Distributed Application ArchitectureMultithreaded/Real-time SoftwareMiddleware/Back-end SoftwareDigital Media2D CAD SoftwareMySQL Database Access3D Navigation/GISComputational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)Intellectual PropertyMy blog: http://fsziegler.wordpress.com/My GitHub: http://github.com/fsziegler/

Experience

1. Founder & CTO

   Telemetrak

   Jun 2017 — Present · Oakland, CA, US

   We develop cutting-edge hardware and software solutions that empower organizations to optimize their operations and resources. Whether it\'s maximizing solar energy capture or streamlining asset tracking, TelemeTrak delivers powerful tools for a sustainable and cost-effective tomorrow.

Education

• Amherst College

  English

  1982 — 1986

• Harvey Mudd College

  BS Engineering, Engineering

  1986 — 1991

Skills

• Embedded Software
• 3d
• Intellectual Property
• Git
• Traditional Animation
• Linux
• 2d
• Cfd
• Heat Transfer
• Software Development
• Mysql
• Distributed Systems
• Windows
• Eclipse
• C
• Digital Media
• C++
• Finite Element Analysis
• Algorithms
• Cad
• Testing
• Databases
• Start-Ups
• Patents
• Embedded Systems