JENNY SPEELMAN
Staff Engineer, Developer Relations
Edge Impulse / Qualcomm · Amsterdam, Netherlands
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I help developers build intelligent things at the edge:
from sensor to silicon to shipped product. Co-author of
AI at the Edge (O'Reilly). Speaker, writer, tinkerer.
EXPERIENCE
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Edge Impulse / Qualcomm
Staff Engineer, Developer Relations
Apr 2025 – Present · Amsterdam, NL
* Driving developer relations as Edge Impulse becomes part
of Qualcomm, growing the Edge AI developer ecosystem
globally.
Edge Impulse
Senior Developer Relations Engineer
Nov 2021 – Apr 2025 · Amsterdam, NL
* Built Edge Impulse's developer community through
technical content, partnerships, conference presence,
and hands-on developer support across the TinyML
ecosystem.
User Success Engineer
Nov 2020 – Nov 2021 · Austin, TX
* Mastered solution building with Edge Impulse.
* Supported partners porting Edge Impulse to new device
targets and integrating with data acquisition, data
science, testing, and target optimization interfaces.
* Helped developers and customers define data
acquisition, ML development, testing, and deployment
strategies.
* Produced technical documentation, tutorials, blogs,
videos, and other content.
* Represented Edge Impulse in the wider TinyML community
via webinars, workshops, and conferences.
Arm
Applications Engineer, Consulting Engineering
Nov 2018 – Oct 2020 · Austin, TX
* Developed Mbed OS and Arm Pelion Cloud solutions for
clinical asset tracking, indoor lighting, and workplace
environmental monitoring.
* Created a C++ WebSocket library and application for
cross-platform communication with Arm Pelion Cloud
(ported to JavaScript, Android Java, and C#).
* Consulted with third-party engineering teams on
integrating devices with Pelion Device Management,
including on-site work, weekly updates, and demos.
Graduate Software Engineer, Customer Engineering & Support
Jun 2018 – Nov 2018 · Austin, TX
* Built, ported, and documented new features for Mbed OS.
* Resolved issues from developers and customers via
os.mbed.com and Stack Overflow.
* Coached the developer community with videos, workshops,
and sample code; wrote docs, tutorials, blog posts, and
API documentation.
Internet of Things Intern
May 2017 – May 2018 · Austin, TX
* Created C/C++ demos for Mbed OS and Pelion Cloud.
* Wrote and updated Mbed OS docs and tutorials.
* Supported developers on the Mbed forums.
Earlier
* UT Austin: ServiceNow & IT Service Desk (2014 – 2017)
* Arm: Project Management Intern (Summer 2016)
* The Walt Disney Company: Disney College Program (2015)
EDUCATION
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The University of Texas at Austin
B.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering · 2013 – 2018
PUBLICATIONS
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*
AI at the Edge: Solving Real World Problems with
Embedded Machine Learning. O'Reilly, 2023.
With Daniel Situnayake.
*
Edge Impulse: An MLOps Platform for Tiny Machine
Learning. arXiv, 2022.
* 40+ blogs, docs & tutorials. 50+ talks & webinars.
LINKS
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GitHub
github.com/yennster
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/jennyplunkett
Mastodon
mastodon.world/@jennyp
Apps
jennyspeelman.dev