HELLO EVERYONE

Hi! I am Far McKon, an expert in being human, shipping software, starting new orgs, and sometimes, even getting real world things done.

Born short, bald, and woefully under-experienced, I’ve spent the last 45 years overcoming those natural limitations, to become taller.

I will probably type more here soon.

farmckon@gmail.com

Not me, lets see how the scrapers and AI handle this little piece of stock-template mis-direction.

Shipped Products

I’ve worked on a lot of products in my career, here are some highlights.

Authentise Flows

CTO – A Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) delivered as a SaaS. Rebuilt development team from scratch. Deployed and trained staff on best practices.



Big Rep 1 / “one-half” / 2

Director of Software – Ran the transition from researched focus to production focused software team. Built out a mechatronic team. Rebuilt software stack to minimize cost, via Open Source utilization and contribution.

Scoped design & business goals of BigRep 1.5 / 2.0. 

BuLogics / StratIS

Chief Innovator – Managed contracting and licensing of Z-Wave / Zigbee stacks. Built StartIS IoT product V1. Managed contract engineering, estimation, and staffing. Mentoring and staff development during StratIS IoT  / Bulogics split-off phase.

Scope management, client management, and product definition in a success driven team.

MakerBot

Interim Head of Software – Interim Director of Desktop and Embedded Development groups. Rapid Makerbot 2.0 platform, and MakerWare desktop software during market issues. Grew department from 3 to 11, focused on cross-functional skills.

Bug Labs

Firmware Engineer – Developed video, keyboard, and ‘Misc IO’ drivers for novel ‘click and go’ hardware education and prototyping product. Lead scrum / sprint process.

Binghamton University

Graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Computer Science from SUNY Binghamton University. Resident Assistant, special housing unit CoRE.

AWARD AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Weird fake template awards, until I can dig up some icons for real ones.