Dale Whitfield

Software development

Expert embedded software professional, manager, architect, mentor and developer. Product developer from idea to mass production.

Managing three teams developing UI/Java, Machine Vision and Embedded real-time system, as well as a QA team in R&D. FILTEC has been manufacturing innovative food, beverage, and pharma inspection systems for sixty years. Our inspection systems are designed to increase the efficiency of your production line and protects your brand integrity allowing you to provide quality products to your consumers. We manufacture empty and full container inspection systems for bottles, cans, and PET.

Identified market gap to improve production efficiencies of automation systems in the beer and beverage bottling industry. Co-founded IPAV Systems to develop production-line efficiency management, monitoring system products, embedded systems and user interfaces.

Appointed by CEO to transform and modernise software development and software quality systems. Guided R&D decisions, processes and outcomes for the company’s software. Restructured QA systems and processes; hired and directed a dedicated QA lead and team. Catalysed and directed process improvements by implementing JIRA, Agile/Scrum and Jenkins/Zephyr methodologies. Mentored teams and instilled culture of accountability, creativity and capability. Improve morale of the R&D group.

Founded and manage software and electronics product development with team of up to 20 to produce high-quality device drivers and system-level software for embedded systems. Recognised international providers in product hardware and software architecture and design. Leadership, Management, International Partnerships, QA, Software Architecture, Start-Up, Entrepreneurial, R&D, Embedded Systems, Mentoring, Cost Efficiency, Intellectual Property, Patents, Licensing, Electronics, Testing

Set up an offshore development company 2d3D Inc on return to Cape Town, South Africa from London in conjunction with a partner based in the USA. Graphics chipset driver development for US-based companies including Intel, IBM, Fujitsu and others. In Cape Town Employed 6-8 people, ran the company and took on a project management and mentoring role and an occasional coding.

Writing low-level, embedded firmware and Operating System software for various companies.