Zach Supalla
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarZach Supalla is the founder and CEO of Particle, an IoT PaaS he grew into a market-leading platform used by thousands of companies and hundreds of thousands of developers, raising $80M and building a global team of 100+. He pairs executive leadership with hands-on engineering—contributing to Particle’s device OS firmware (Wi‑Fi, DHCP fixes, hardware configurations and even servo control) while helping enterprises like Jacuzzi, Keurig, and Watsco bring connected products to market. A former McKinsey consultant with an MBA and MEM from Northwestern and a BA in Cognitive Science from Dartmouth, he blends operational rigor, product design sensibility, and go-to-market experience. Known for shipping multiple IoT products in months rather than years and earning coverage from Forbes, WIRED and Fast Company, he combines startup grit with enterprise execution.
13 years of coding experience
Github Skills (18)
c-language10
system-configuration10
wpa10
server-configuration10
spi10
hardware10
iot10
configurations10
c-programming-language10
particle9
c119
c-plus9
c-plus-plus9
particles9
sys9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
particle-iot/device-os
Jun 2013 - Feb 2014
Device OS (Firmware) for Particle Devices
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:24 commits, 1 PR, 1 branch in 8 months
Contributions summary:Zach primarily contributed to the device OS firmware, focusing on Wi-Fi connectivity and related hardware configurations. Their commits involve fixing DHCP errors, modifying WLAN settings for manual connections, and integrating hardware-specific configurations, including SPI initialization and self-tests. The user also appears to be working on a servo implementation, indicating an interest in controlling peripherals.
xenonparticleargonelectronfirmware
zsup/socket-software
Apr 2012 - Mar 2013
Contributions:40 commits in 11 months
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