Ken Winer

Danville, California, United States

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Ken Winer is an experienced product and operations leader turned certified Co-Active coach who blends 12 years of cross-industry leadership with a hands-on maker's mindset in embedded systems. He has held senior roles from VP Product Management to COO across SaaS and insurance-adjacent companies, guiding teams in sales, marketing, and CRM transformation. Beyond executive leadership, Ken contributes technical expertise to open-source IMU projects (MPU9250/MPU6050), improving low-level sensor calibration and embedded integration for accurate motion sensing. Based in Danville, CA, he now focuses on one-on-one career and leadership coaching for adults, students, and early-career professionals, emphasizing empathy and practical, proven guidance. That combination of senior business strategy, technical tinkering, and formal coaching training gives him a rare ability to translate complex organizational challenges into personally actionable plans. Ken’s approach is centered on making measurable differences for individuals and organizations—one person at a time.

12 years of coding experience

11 years of employment as a software developer

Landmark Education

Certificate, Certificate at Selling to VITO

Certificate, Certificate at ACCLIVUS Sales Training

Co-Active Coach, Co-Active Coach at Coaches Training Institute

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at University of the Pacific

MBA, MBA at Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business

Github Skills (13)

i2c10

embedded10

c-language10

mpu10

sens10

calibration10

cprogramming-language10

sys10

arduino10

system-integration10

cal10

sensor-fusion10

imu9

Programming languages (6)

C++CArduinoEagleAssemblyPython

Github contributions (5)

kriswiner/MPU6050

May 2014 - Oct 2021

Basic MPU6050 Arduino sketch of sensor function

Role in this project:

Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer

Contributions:64 commits, 8 PRs, 9 pushes in 7 years 6 months

Contributions summary:Ken primarily worked on improving and updating the calibration and initialization routines for an MPU6050 inertial measurement unit (IMU) within an Arduino sketch. Their commits focused on enhancing the calibration process by incorporating internal accelerometer and gyro bias registers, as well as strengthening data types to prevent spurious results. They also addressed the device initialization process, ensuring a stable time source and device configuration.

arduinompumpu6050

kriswiner/MPU9250

May 2014 - Nov 2018

Arduino sketches for MPU9250 9DoF with AHRS sensor fusion

Role in this project:

Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer

Contributions:124 commits, 7 PRs, 76 pushes in 4 years 6 months

Contributions summary:Ken's commits focus on improving the calibration functions within the MPU9250 sensor library, specifically to ensure compatibility with Teensy 3.1. This includes modifying data types to prevent incorrect calculations and enhancing the calibration routine. The changes suggest a focus on low-level sensor integration and optimization within an embedded environment. The user appears to be working on code related to an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) sensor.

arduinosensor-fusionmpu9250

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