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Penn Cameron Porterfield

Senior Systems Engineer

Summary

Senior engineer working on systems: Linux, C, and Rust, drivers and embedded targets. Work runs from DARPA-funded research at Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory to founding and running a software and cloud consultancy. Builds production systems and the infrastructure under them on AWS, Azure, and GCP, owning the work from architecture through release automation. Two-time startup co-founder; former DoD Secret clearance holder.

Experience

Samwise Development, Founder & Principal Engineer2022–present

Founded and run an independent cloud and software consultancy. Own each client engagement end to end: scoping, architecture, full-stack build, and the cloud infrastructure it runs on. Current: school safety infrastructure for K-12 districts with ELS911, turning LiDAR scans of school buildings into floor plans that police, fire, and EMS can open in seconds.

Google I/O via Left Field Labs, Full-Stack Developer (contract)2021–2022

Built and shipped production pages for Google's developer conference. Headless Preact front end, Jinja and Python build pipeline.

Distributron, Co-founder & Engineer2020–2021

Co-founded an on-demand alcohol delivery company and built the platform with a founding team of three: Vue front end, geofenced delivery routing, automated build and deploy pipeline. Took the company through a Y Combinator interview.

Treetz, Co-founder & Lead Designer2019–2020

Co-led a six-person team of developers and artists and directed the art and design, taking a Unity mobile game from concept to production.

Safety+, Software Developer2019–2020

Built a real-time factory safety incident platform (React, Firebase); early clients included Coca-Cola.

Scorpion (formerly 1SEO), Software Developer2018–2019

Shipped and maintained web applications across a portfolio of client accounts, and built the CI/CD and release automation the team deployed through. React, Laravel, and the PHP and JavaScript needed to hold it together.

Penn State Applied Research Laboratory, Data Analyst2010–2013

Analyzed data for autonomous underwater vehicle systems on DARPA-funded programs in the Underwater Acoustics Department (Python, MATLAB). Embedded work on custom NI instrumentation. Held a DoD Secret clearance.

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology, M.S. Computer Science, Computing Systemsstarts fall 2027
Western Governors University, B.S. Network and Cloud Engineering2027
The Pennsylvania State University, Computer Engineering and Security & Risk Analysis coursework2011–2014

Skills & Certifications

Cloud
AWS, Azure, GCP, Cloudflare, Kubernetes, CI/CD, release automation
Systems
Rust, C, Linux kernel, drivers, embedded (SPI)
Web
TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Vue, Laravel, Python
Certified
CompTIA Security+, CompTIA Network+, ITIL 4 Foundation