Sam Berndt
Software Systems Engineer III at California Democratic Party
Pasadena, California, United States
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Top SchoolSam Berndt is a software systems engineer and data scientist with 11 years of experience architecting mixed-reality, robotics, and data-driven solutions at NASA JPL and in startups. He blends systems engineering and project leadership—serving as Scrum Master, Project Manager, and now Software Systems Engineer III—with hands-on development from AR/VR spacecraft visualization to biodiversity analytics. As partner and chief engineer of Vocal Power-House Systems LLC, he took a product from napkin sketch to manufactured hardware and holds three patents. He holds an MS in Computer Science focused on pattern recognition and computer vision and built the first VR eye-tracking biometric authentication system during graduate research. Active in building university and interdisciplinary partnerships, he also channels technical skills into political organizing for climate and labor causes in California.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) Computer Science, Master of Science (MS) Computer Science at Michigan State University
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (22)
eye-tracking7
openvr7
audio6
hololens6
server5
voip5
linux5
windows5
map-projections5
cmake4
gis4
macos4
maps3
cross-platform3
low-latency3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
BerndtSam/I-VDT-HMM
Dec 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:100 commits, 4 pushes in 1 month
BerndtSam/EnergySaver
Sep 2018 - Jan 2022
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
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