Kyle Vogt

Founder at Justin.tv

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
Past
Education
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Connections
276 connections
Industry
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

  • Founder

    Justin.tv, Inc.

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    November 2006Present (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.

  • Founder

    SimpleTXT LLC

    (Computer Software industry)

    May 2006January 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.

  • Hardware Intern

    Brontes Technology

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

    May 2006July 2006 (3 months)

    Conducted product testing and analysis, assisted in EMI testing procedures and corrections, developed custom CMOS sensor analysis software and scripts.

  • Research Intern

    Panasonic Boston Laboratory

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; mc; Semiconductors industry)

    May 2005January 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.

  • QA Intern

    iRobot

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; irbt; Consumer Electronics industry)

    May 2004January 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

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    20042008

    Activities and Societies:
    DARPA Grand Challenge, Microsoft iCampus Robotic Tour Guide

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