Jesse Villarreal
Algorithms Team Lead - TI Advanced Technology Center (NUI) at Texas Instruments
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJesse Villarreal is an accomplished embedded systems and algorithms leader with 14 years at Texas Instruments, presently heading the Algorithms Team for the Natural User Interfaces group. He blends deep hardware/software co-design expertise across OMAP/DMx SoCs, TI DSPs, and ARM cores with hands-on experience in kernel, RTOS, and accelerator optimization to deliver high-performance, low-power vision and camera solutions. Proven at driving productization—from pre-silicon validation and driver development to algorithm integration, DVP framework delivery, and multi-site customer support—he led efforts that improved camera throughput and scaled designs from 5MP to 20MP. Comfortable managing international teams and contractors, Jesse pairs a strong academic foundation (MS Computer Engineering, UT Dallas) with a habit of rapidly self-teaching new architectures and tools, making him as effective in technical leadership as in deep engineering execution.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Engineering, 3.9, MS, Computer Engineering, 3.9 at The University of Texas at DallasBS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3.8, BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3.8 at Baylor University
Github Skills (19)
openvx10
test-suite9
samsung-galaxy8
restructuredtext7
galaxy6
documentation-generator6
python6
sphinx6
markdown6
doxygen5
nexus5
samsung4
documentation4
git3
otter2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
KhronosGroup/OpenVX-cts
Dec 2019 - Oct 2021
OpenVX Conformance Test Suite
Contributions:8 commits, 1 PR, 8 pushes in 1 year 10 months
openvx
TexasInstruments/tiovx
Aug 2023 - Aug 2025
TI's implementation of the OpenVX standard.
Contributions:77 reviews, 3 PRs, 557 pushes in 2 years 1 month
openvxti-processors
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