Ralph Hempel

Ralph Hempel is an experienced Firmware Staff Engineer currently at Edwards Safety since May 2023. Previously, Ralph held the position of Senior Manager - Product Technology - Electronics - Firmware at LEGO Group from August 2016 to April 2023. Before that, Ralph served as Lead Firmware Engineer at UTC Fire & Security from 2009 until its acquisition of GE Fire and Security, where Ralph also worked as Lead Firmware Engineer for a year in 2009. Ralph's earlier experience includes a role as Facilitator at Disruptive Play in 2009, Senior Embedded Systems Engineer at Mircom Technologies Inc. from 1997 to 2005, and Embedded Systems Engineer at Edwards Canada from 1991 to 1995. Ralph Hempel holds a BASc in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Waterloo, earned between 1981 and 1986.