Austin Blackstone
Principal Developer Relations / Evangelist at Treasure Data- Claim this Profile
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David Pan
I had the pleasure of working with Austin at Arm where his passion for developers’ success was instrumental in creating an exciting IoT developer ecosystem.
Grace Metri
Austin is one of the most passionate developer evangelist that I have worked with. He has an in-depth knowledge of IoT and machine learning. His technical expertise coupled with his deep understanding of developers & developer communities needs, his passion for delivering a stellar developer experience and resourcefulness makes him an effective evangelist making a difference in the developer community.
David Pan
I had the pleasure of working with Austin at Arm where his passion for developers’ success was instrumental in creating an exciting IoT developer ecosystem.
Grace Metri
Austin is one of the most passionate developer evangelist that I have worked with. He has an in-depth knowledge of IoT and machine learning. His technical expertise coupled with his deep understanding of developers & developer communities needs, his passion for delivering a stellar developer experience and resourcefulness makes him an effective evangelist making a difference in the developer community.
David Pan
I had the pleasure of working with Austin at Arm where his passion for developers’ success was instrumental in creating an exciting IoT developer ecosystem.
Grace Metri
Austin is one of the most passionate developer evangelist that I have worked with. He has an in-depth knowledge of IoT and machine learning. His technical expertise coupled with his deep understanding of developers & developer communities needs, his passion for delivering a stellar developer experience and resourcefulness makes him an effective evangelist making a difference in the developer community.
David Pan
I had the pleasure of working with Austin at Arm where his passion for developers’ success was instrumental in creating an exciting IoT developer ecosystem.
Grace Metri
Austin is one of the most passionate developer evangelist that I have worked with. He has an in-depth knowledge of IoT and machine learning. His technical expertise coupled with his deep understanding of developers & developer communities needs, his passion for delivering a stellar developer experience and resourcefulness makes him an effective evangelist making a difference in the developer community.
Experience
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Treasure Data
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United States
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Software Development
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400 - 500 Employee
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Principal Developer Relations / Evangelist
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Apr 2020 - Present
Building developer community with a focus on technical engagement and high-impact high ROI. Major Projects: - Developer Summit - devsummit.treasuredata.com - technical dev summit by devs for devs. - Developer Docs - api-docs.treasuredata.com - focused out of box quickstarts, intermediate tutorials and API reference. All content is tailored for developers. - Developer Blog - an outlet for engineering teams' technical content / best practices. - Treasure Academy - academy.treashredata.com - professional certification and instructor-led training for partners. - Advocating for better dev tools, like syntax highlighting, tab completion, simple inline reference material and using data to drive UX decisions. Show less
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Arm
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United Kingdom
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Semiconductor Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Developer Evangelist Tech Lead / Team Lead - Arm Pelion / Mbed OS
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Jun 2019 - Apr 2020
I ran the Developer Evangelism team, setting priorities, goals, and leading the team to drive maximum global impact.Key projects my team implemented:- Expanded Quarterly community program 'mbed fest' to Korea and Taiwan- Increased frequency of Office Hours with an Engineer livestream to enhance our technical credibility- Enabled the Arm Developer Summit - the first summit focused entirely on Developers in many years- Drove change at the executive level to recognize the impact of developers and their importance in a strong ecosystem- Created first End to End Machine Learning workshop that enabled ML to be deployed to IoT edge devices and updated periodically, leveraging the full Pelion Ecosystem- Drove out of box experience for Pelion Connectivity Show less
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Developer Evangelist - Arm Pelion / Mbed OS
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Feb 2018 - Jun 2019
Responsible for Developer Evangelism in the Americas and Japan to promote the Mbed OS and Pelion Platform ecosystems by pushing the boundaries of what is possible in IoT through engineering and targeted engagement. Major accomplishments:- Ran weekly `Office Hours with an Engineer` livestreams to engage the global community directly, touched over 200K developers globally- Developed global workshop program, directly contributed to over 1M+ in sales conversions- Spearheaded multiple internal projects to pivot engineering to maximum public impactTLDR: I build cool stuff to grab attention for our product and create project to push the bleeding edge of whats possible. Show less
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Senior Applications Engineer - Technical Lead Developer Experience- arm MBED
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May 2017 - Feb 2018
As the company expanded I decided to go back into core engineering and redouble my efforts on building the best tools and making out ecosystem experience the best possible. Major accomplishment• Established workshop program• Enabled management transition • Mapped out strategy for expanding developer base in Asia-Pacific• Continued to execute the best developer experience possible
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Senior Applications Engineer - Team Lead Developer Enablement - ARM mbed
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Sep 2016 - May 2017
I was responsible for leading and training new team members in the mbed way. I am particularly proud of the strong team we developed with a 'get it done' attitude that pervades to this day. Major projects• Spearhead special project to expand user base in China• Trained new team during rapid expansion in the company• Shaped the developer focus within the company
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Application Engineer - Developer Experience - ARM mbed
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Sep 2014 - Aug 2016
I was responsible for the developer community, both daily firefighting of bugs and future facing development to make the ecosystem better for developers. I served as the developers voice internally and their advocate to make out products easier to use. Major accomplishments• Grew the community from 150,000 to over 300,000 developers. • Major liaison between the management teams in the UK and our engineering teams in APAC to include: quarterly travel to the APAC sites, team performance, recommending solutions to upper management and provide training which has a great impact on morale and productivity.• Automated 95% of the mbed enabled certification process by creating the CI Test Shield. This reduced engineering hours by 98%.• Lead role in developing the mbed enabled program which allowed an increase in sales by providing a baseline of quality assurance and co-marketing opportunity to partners.• Created the ARM mbed YouTube channel, through which we have reached over 50,000 additional developers per year without any increase in direct effort (passive developer education) with ~100,000 views to date and 1,000 subscribers. Show less
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Atlas Wearables (acquired)
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United States
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Health, Wellness & Fitness
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Lead Firmware Engineer
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Jun 2014 - Aug 2014
I was primarily engaged in managing the organizations minimum viable prototype to production readiness. I worked with the CTO to verify board designs, product designs, test jigs as well as the mass deployment of the wearable. I also worked with the data scientist to establish a continuous effective flow to acquire large amounts of data across a bandwidth limited data channel. In addition, I worked with the phone application team to develop a standard method of handling data across embedded application to include the web application. I played key roles in every software related item on this multi-disciplined team as well as being responsible for development and integration of multiple peripherals and their drivers and establishing standards for BLE development among embedded, web app, and phone app teams. • Scoped and implemented roadmap from minimum viable product to consumer product launch. • Subject matter expert in specific technologies including: Machine Learning, Bluetooth (low energy), Cortex M MCU's, USB, UART, SPI, I2C, and REST API's. • Gained exceptional knowledge on innovative products that use machine learning to detect work out movements and categorize them. • Most proud of working with a multi-disciplinary team to create an end to end system that works for all level of technical engineers. Show less
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Texas Instruments
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United States
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Semiconductor Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Core Software Engineer | ARM Cortex M3/M4
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Jan 2013 - Jun 2014
I was engaged in ensuring overall quality and transitioned into a responsibility for the development of software for several different product families of MCU’s, from initial design phase to production and shipping. As a member of the core software team I had a passion for building software that was portable, modular, and reusable across our entire product family. The Stellaris Chips were pioneers in re-usable code across chip families, and as a core software engineer is was my responsibility to both write code that was worked across this wide range of silicon as well as maintain and contribute to the new libraries for upcoming chips.• Managed porting the CC3000 / 3100 WiFi drivers for our product and was responsible for all WiFi component interaction. • Directly contributed to the success of the TM4C123G and TM4C129g boards; collectively known as the Stellaris / Tiva launch pads.• I implemented an NDEF level NFC stack for the TRF7970A transceiver • My greatest pride at this job was being able to work in a software ecosystem (stellarisware / tivaware) that legitimately made it easier for users to develop, lowered the time to production, and allowed for a better overall user experience. Show less
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ARM Cortex A15 Firmware Engineer - OMAP5
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Aug 2012 - Dec 2012
- Member Firmware team for ARM Cortex A15 OMAP5 Architecture- Low level driver developer- Implemented UEFI for Windows RT on OMAP5 SOC- Debugged hardware with Lauterbach JTAG- Developed with WinDBG debugging environment for Windows
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Samsung Electronics
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South Korea
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Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Intern
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Jul 2011 - Aug 2011
- Laid out flash memory modules and solid state drive PCB's - Worked with Cadence Allegro Package Designer - Deep understanding of Asian Business Culture - Gained hands-on experience with chip fabrication lines - Laid out flash memory modules and solid state drive PCB's - Worked with Cadence Allegro Package Designer - Deep understanding of Asian Business Culture - Gained hands-on experience with chip fabrication lines
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Education
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The University of Texas at Austin (UT)
BSc, Computer Engineering