Engineering Manager • AI-Powered Mobile • Independent Researcher • Open Source Contributor
📍 Plano, TX | 🏢 Crestron Electronics | ✍️ Top Writer @ HackerNoon
I'm a software architect and engineering manager with 17+ years building intelligent systems at the intersection of AI, mobile, and infrastructure. I ship products that reach millions and contribute to open-source projects used across the industry.
- 🧠 AI & Edge Research — Independent researcher focused on edge-deployed Small Language Models (SLMs), on-device inference, and efficient AI for resource-constrained environments
- 📱 Mobile Pioneer — Built Smart Stay (screen-aware attention detection) 9 years before Android 15 shipped it as a platform feature — proving the concept that shaped an industry standard
- 💰 Multi-Million Dollar Impact — Led products generating $15M+ annually; architected systems processing billions of calls across carrier-grade telecom networks
- 🔒 Industry Security Impact — Fixed critical vulnerabilities in OpenSIPS, the open-source SIP server powering Google Voice and thousands of telecom providers worldwide
- 📡 Infrastructure at Scale — Real-time SIP/WebRTC/MQTT protocols, distributed systems, multimedia DRM, and cloud-native architectures (AWS/GCP)
- 📚 Knowledge Sharing — Top Writer on HackerNoon; published research on AI, mobile UX, and telecom systems
Exploring how Small Language Models can run efficiently at the edge — on mobile devices, embedded systems, and local hardware — without cloud dependencies. Areas of focus include model compression, quantization, on-device fine-tuning, and context-aware inference for real-world applications.
| Project | Description | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| CodeGrok MCP | MCP server for semantic code search using embeddings + Tree-sitter | Python, ChromaDB |
| docuchat-agent_cli | Local document intelligence with Knowledge Graphs | Python |
| A2A-StoryLab | Multi-agent storytelling demo of Google's A2A protocol | Python |
| Inject-A-Poll | Educational AI prompt injection vulnerability demo | JavaScript |
| simpleMCP | Clean MCP integration demo (STDIO + HTTP/SSE) | Python |
| DevFlow | Where AI meets engineering discipline | TypeScript |
I write about AI, mobile development, and software architecture on HackerNoon. 👉 hackernoon.com/u/rdondeti
"Innovation isn't about being first to market — it's about solving real problems elegantly. Sometimes the world just needs time to catch up."