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title: About Cyril Fougeray | Vertices Network
description: "Cyril Fougeray is an embedded software engineer helping hardware teams turn connected-device prototypes into dependable products."
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            <p class="about-kicker">About Vertices</p>
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              <h1><span>Hi</span></h1>
              <h2>I’m Cyril.</h2>
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            <p>I help teams turn connected-device prototypes into reliable products.</p>
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          <p class="about-lede">For more than ten years, I have worked close to hardware: firmware, RTOS-based systems, embedded Linux, secure peripherals, manufacturing diagnostics, and the debugging that starts when a device leaves the lab.</p>
          <p>Vertices is how I bring that experience to teams building connected products. I care about the work that turns a promising prototype into software that can ship, be maintained, and keep working in the field.</p>
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            <div><p class="about-experience-label">Production embedded devices</p><h3>Tools for Humanity</h3><p><a href="https://github.com/worldcoin/orb-firmware" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Firmware for STM32 microcontrollers</a> in the Orb, alongside <a href="https://github.com/worldcoin/orb-software" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rust software on Nvidia Jetson</a>—covering Zephyr RTOS, secure MCU integration, board bring-up, sensors, cameras, manufacturing diagnostics, and validation.</p></div>
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            <div><p class="about-experience-label">Connected buildings</p><h3>Smart &amp; Connective</h3><p>Low-power firmware, wireless communication, sensors, developer workflows, and CI/CD for smart thermostats and occupancy devices.</p></div>
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            <div><p class="about-experience-label">Wearables and field reliability</p><h3>Equisense &amp; Spire</h3><p>Bluetooth Low Energy trackers and wearables, bootloaders, firmware updates, power optimisation, sensor processing, and production releases.</p></div>
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          <p class="about-section-kicker">What I care about</p>
          <h2>The unglamorous work that makes a device trustworthy.</h2>
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            <li>Reliability when the device is in the field, not just on the bench.</li>
            <li>Clear boundaries between hardware, firmware, and the systems around them.</li>
            <li>Software that your own team can understand, test, and build on.</li>
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          <h2>I’m also exploring what trusted machines can do next.</h2>
          <p>Alongside client work, I am building the Vertices SDK in public: an open-source initiative for verifiable devices, Physical AI, and the Economy of Things.<br/>
              The <a href="https://github.com/vertices-network/c-vertices-sdk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">original C SDK</a>, an Algorand wallet for IoT devices, remains available on GitHub.</p>
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          <p>If you’re building a connected product, I’d be glad to hear about it.</p>
          <a class="about-text-link" href="mailto:cyril@vertices.network">cyril@vertices.network</a>
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