Ben Blazak
Software Engineer at Innovative Systems Architect (ISA)
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Blazak is a pragmatic software engineer with 16 years of experience building reliable, maintainable systems across embedded firmware, full-stack web services, and defense-grade applications. He has delivered production tools at Raytheon and Northrop Grumman, contributed firmware-level features for the popular ergoDOX keyboard (I2C/MCP23018 and LED PWM support), and implemented microservices and GraphQL-backed directories at Epsilon to streamline data transformations. Comfortable across C/C++, Python, Go, C#, and web stacks, he combines deep debugging skills with automation that has saved teams days of effort and improved onboarding. A former sergeant in the US Army with secret clearances, he brings disciplined process, mentorship experience, and a knack for turning messy requirements into testable, documented solutions. Now based in Tucson, AZ, he’s seeking a collaborative team offering informal mentorship and opportunities for meaningful technical growth.
17 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at California State University, Fullerton
Github Skills (9)
i2c10
firmware10
embedded10
c-programming10
sys10
pwm10
controller9
microcontroller9
avr9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
benblazak/ergodox-firmware
Mar 2012 - Nov 2021
firmware for the ergoDOX keyboard
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer
Embedded Systems EngineerContributions:409 commits, 4 PRs, 15 pushes in 9 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Ben primarily worked on the firmware for the ergoDOX keyboard, making significant contributions to its functionality. They added source files and implemented core features related to the keyboard's operation. Their work focused on defining and integrating key mappings, and the handling of the I2C communication with the MCP23018 I/O expander and PWM control of LEDs.
firmware
2016-spring-csuf-benblazak-cpsc-121/course-materials
Jan 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:98 commits, 2 PRs, 81 pushes in 4 months
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