Martin Guthrie

CEO @ Sistemi

Country

Canada

City

Ontario

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

Embedded Software, Embedded Systems, RTOS, Debugging, Device Drivers, Wireless, ARM, Firmware, Hardware Architecture, C, Analog, Bluetooth, Software Design, RF, Analog Circuit Design, UMTS, USB, GSM, Lithium-ion Batteries, IC

Experience

CEO

Sistemi

2019-4 - Present · 7 yrs 5 mos

Ontario, Canada

Mentor, Embedded Hardware and Software

UW Velocity

2019-11 - 2024-12 · 5 yrs 2 mos

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Worked with new founders to define hardware requirements, identify technical risk, scaling opportunities, and debugging support.

Software Development Engineer

Docker, Inc

2018-7 - 2019-3 · 9 mos

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Software Developer

Center ID (Formerly Touchstone ID)

2014-9 - 2018-7 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Kitchener, Canada Area

FreeRTOS on STM32F/L series Low Power software design and architecture Embedded logging Hardware Design Reviews Manufacturing Test System development and deployment (in China) PC-side logging tools in Python Embedded Serial, bootloader, I2C, and other peripheral design/debug

SW Developer

BlackBerry

2007-11 - 2014-7 · 6 yrs 9 mos

QNX/BB10 OS Driver developer. Sensors, Power Management and Wifi. USB Driver and Touchscreen developer on original Blackberry OS

Director of Hardware Engineering

BlackBerry

2004-1 - 2007-7 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Waterloo, Ontario

Technical Manager of Accessories for Blackberry products (specifically, car kits, holsters, specialty batteries, inbox and aftermarket chargers) Manager of Hardware Power Management group Manager/Architect/Patent Holder for three full custom Power Management ICs (still in production) Member of Quality Auditing team for Blackberry subcontractors and partners IEEE1725 IEEE Standard for Rechargeable Batteries for Cellular Telephones founding member and one time Chair Blackberry Technology Mergers/Acquisition Evaluation member ISO9000 Process Manager for all of Blackberry Hardware Engineering

Analog IC Designer

BlackBerry

2000-1 - 2004-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Waterloo, Ontario

900MHz IF low noise PLL, Bandgap, and other various analog blocks in IBM SiGe Verilog validation testing for memory controller

Analog IC Design Engineer

Xentec Limited

1998 - 1999 · 1 yr

MR Read Head Receiver IC Designer PLL Designer

Analog Designer

Cadence

1998 - 1999 · 1 yr

Cadence closed the site due to global downsizing

HW Design Engineer

Quality Semiconductor (now IDT)

1996 - 1997 · 1 yr

10/100BaseT Analog transceiver designer (did some good work here, but one day 80% of the group quit (only 3 left!) and formed a startup which was eventually bought by Broadcom for $500M, but I was on a work visa and my wife was pregnant with our first, so I just went back to Canada....)