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║ The SAOwner (previous called the SAO Genie) is an i2c ║▐
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║ Genie was designed as a tool for electronic badge and ║▐
║ add-on hacking, since it provides an easier interface for ║▐
║ sniffing and manipulating data on the serial bus between a ║▐
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║ The SAO Genie works by sitting between an electronic badge ║▐
║ and a targeted add-on as a man-in-the-middle kind of way. ║▐
║ The SAO Genie is able to do this by acting as a slave to ║▐
║ the conference badge, pretending to be the targeted add-on ║▐
║ (using the same i2c address), while also playing the role ║▐
║ of master to the targeted add-on (forwarding and possibly ║▐
║ manipulating) serial data packets between the badge and ║▐
║ target add-on. The SAO Genie has both a 2x2 male header for ║▐
║ plugging into a conference badge, and a 2x2 female header ║▐
║ for providing a connector for the targeted add-on to ║▐
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║ Support for SAO Genie ended with passthrough, monitor, and ║▐
║ redirect modes being functional. Additional interposer ║▐
║ modes are possible, and implemented on SAOwner, they just ║▐
║ haven't been backported to the SAO Genie firmware at this ║▐
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║ The SAOwner is the second version of the badge interposer ║▐
║ tool. The SAOwner was designed to support the newest SAO ║▐
║ standard, v1.69bis, which adds two additional pins for ║▐
║ either GPIO control or USART. The SAOwner picks up where ║▐
║ SAO Genie development left off by adding a modify mode, ║▐
║ which adds the ability to modify i2c messages from badge to ║▐
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║ Part hardware hacker, part creative technologist, and part ║▐
║ human-centered designer thriving at the cross-section of ║▐
║ engineering and design. ║▐
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║ Led to engineering through my love for music, art, and ║▐
║ math, I hold degrees in electrical, computer, and music ║▐
║ engineering. Following a stint in academia, I joined IDEO ║▐
║ as a senior electrical engineer where I contributed ║▐
║ creative problem solving and prototyping fluency to a ║▐
║ breadth of projects ranging from vehicles of the future, to ║▐
║ life-changing medical equipment, to innovative children's ║▐
║ toys. Most recently, I was at Delve and now Sundberg-Ferar, ║▐
║ diving deeper into engineering for production, and working ║▐
║ on bringing ideas and prototypes to reality. ║▐
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║ Outside of work, I enjoy creating rotoscopes and ║▐
║ illustrations, reverse engineering electronic toys, and ║▐
║ taking a break from screens by running, biking, and camping ║▐
║ in the great outdoors. ║▐
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║ -=≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡ MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering ≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡=- ║▐
║ School .... University of Delaware, Newark, DE ║▐
║ Grad year . 2012 ║▐
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║ -=≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡ BEE in Electrical Engineering ≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡=- ║▐
║ School .... University of Delaware, Newark, DE ║▐
║ Grad year . 2011 ║▐
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║ -=≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡ Senior II Electrical Engineer ≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡=- ║▐
║ Company ... Bresslergroup / Delve, Philadelphia, PA ║▐
║ Key roles . Developed embedded hardware for diagnostic devices ║▐
║ . Developed embedded firmware with precision-timing ║▐
║ . Designed for manufacturing ║▐
║ Years ..... Nov '20 - Apr '22 ║▐
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║ Company ... IDEO, Chicago, IL ║▐
║ Key roles . Specialized in rapid hardware prototyping ║▐
║ . Developed embedded and front-end software ║▐
║ . Designed human-centered solutions for clients ║▐
║ Years ..... Sep '14 - Oct '20 ║▐
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║ Years ..... Summer '13 & Summer '14 ║▐
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║ Company ... Univ. of Miami, Music Eng Dept, Miami, FL ║▐
║ Years ..... Aug '12 - May '14 ║▐
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║ Company ... Newark Bike Project, Newark, DE ║▐
║ Years ..... Oct '11 - Aug '12 ║▐
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║ -=≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡ Undergrad/Grad Research Assistant ≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡=- ║▐
║ Company ... Univ. of Delaware, Elec/Comp Eng Dept, Newark, DE ║▐
║ Years ..... Feb '09 & Aug '12 ║▐
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║ -=≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡ Languages ≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡=- ║▐
║ C, C++, Obj-C HTML, CSS Spanish (int) ║▐
║ Basic Assembly Javascript Japanese (beg) ║▐
║ Matlab Python ║▐
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║ -=≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡ Software ≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡=- ║▐
║ Adobe Creative Cloud Autodesk Fusion Microsoft 365 ║▐
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║ Screen Printing Bike Mechanic Furby Technician ║▐
║ Sketching Illustrating ║▐
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