Chris Schmich
Co-founder, CTO at Formulate Robotics
Sunnyvale, California, United States
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Top SchoolChris Schmich is a Sunnyvale-based co-founder and CTO with 13 years of experience building cross-platform software and startups, currently leading engineering at Formulate Robotics after co-founding Formulate. He has deep hands-on experience from shipping developer tooling and filing three patent applications at Microsoft to building an Android emulator automation framework and scalable AWS services at Skyforge. A pragmatic full‑stack engineer, he contributes to open-source projects like Instascan (an HTML5 webcam QR scanner) and Marinara (a Pomodoro Chrome extension), often focusing on UX improvements and modern web APIs. Known for turning rapid prototypes into production-grade systems, he combines customer-driven product research with a knack for clean, maintainable implementations.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Parkway South High SchoolBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Github contributions (5)
schmich/instascan
Jun 2016 - Apr 2017
HTML5 QR code scanner using your webcam
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 116 commits, 1 PR in 10 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Instascan project. They implemented and refined the UI, including adding settings, a scan history display, and the functionality for copying and opening links. They also enhanced the user experience by adding features like sound and image capture to scan results. Furthermore, the user has added transform capabilities, using Javascript's String.replace and regular expressions.
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schmich/marinara
Apr 2015 - Oct 2021
Pomodoro® time management assistant for Chrome
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:32 releases, 568 commits, 128 PRs in 6 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily focused on implementing the core functionality and UI of the Pomodoro assistant Chrome extension. They added new features and user interface elements across multiple files, including the background script and the expiration page. They also implemented HTML5 doctype, improved dialog positioning, and added options for desktop and new tab notifications to enhance the user experience and functionality of the extension. The user also refactored timer functionality to use newer web APIs.
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