Founder at Justin.tv
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Founder at Justin.tv, Inc.
- Past
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- Founder at SimpleTXT LLC
- Hardware Intern at Brontes Technology
- Research Intern at Panasonic Boston Laboratory
- QA Intern at iRobot
- Education
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Connections
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- Computer Software
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Kyle Vogt’s Summary
Technology enthusiast with a passion for starting companies and bringing useful products to market. Experienced programmer and electrical engineer.
Kyle Vogt’s Experience
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Founder
Justin.tv, Inc.
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)
Built Python Media Server, a high-performance, clustered live video server. Justin.tv's PMS cluster has supported over 720,000 simultaneous viewers and serves nearly half a billion live streams per month. Wrote Twice, an HTTP caching engine.
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Founder
SimpleTXT LLC
(Computer Software industry)
May 2006 — January 2007 (9 months)
Founded SimpleTXT LCC, a mobile messaging service provider. Lead the design and implementation of products to make it easier for large groups of people to communicate.
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Hardware Intern
Brontes Technology
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Hardware industry)
May 2006 — July 2006 (3 months)
Conducted product testing and analysis, assisted in EMI testing procedures and corrections, developed custom CMOS sensor analysis software and scripts.
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Research Intern
Panasonic Boston Laboratory
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; mc; Semiconductors industry)
May 2005 — January 2006 (9 months)
Project lead for an autonomous robotic wheelchair. Built embedded sensor control systems and wrote a robotics library for linux (now an open source project). Helped automate processes and built custom lab equipment for ultrafast laser micromachining in the semiconductor industry.
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QA Intern
iRobot
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; irbt; Consumer Electronics industry)
May 2004 — January 2005 (9 months)
Designed and built an automated factory test fixture for the Roomba. Fabricated a custom control pcb and over a dozen unique actuators and sensors. Wrote a flexible scripting system for the fixture which cut factory test time in half.
Kyle Vogt’s Education
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2004 — 2008
- Activities and Societies:
- DARPA Grand Challenge, Microsoft iCampus Robotic Tour Guide
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