# Paul Barbu Gheorge on Geographically Distributed Tems

- Show: [The Pragmatic Embedded Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast)
- Published: 2024-08-07
- Length: 49m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast/2024-08-07-paul-barbu-gheorge-on-geographically-distributed-tems
- Listen: https://agileembeddedpodcast.com/episodes/interview-with-paul-barbu-gheorge-q8_34QZA

## Summary

Paul Barbu Gheorge, Head of Software at Wenglor, discusses the challenges of managing geographically distributed teams across Germany, Romania, Serbia, and Russia while developing machine vision cameras. He explains how the company structures its software and hardware development to handle multiple product lines, highlighting the latency and communication barriers inherent in this setup. Gheorge details specific strategies for improving alignment, such as establishing a clear hardware abstraction layer and shifting API design responsibility to the software consumer to better reflect use cases. The conversation also covers the importance of detailed interface specifications, such as sequence diagrams, to prevent integration issues during implementation.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast/2024-08-07-paul-barbu-gheorge-on-geographically-distributed-tems#t=0) Introduction and Wenglor Overview
- [5:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast/2024-08-07-paul-barbu-gheorge-on-geographically-distributed-tems#t=352) Geographically Distributed Team Structure
- [18:56](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast/2024-08-07-paul-barbu-gheorge-on-geographically-distributed-tems#t=1136) Communication Latency and Synchronization Challenges
- [22:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast/2024-08-07-paul-barbu-gheorge-on-geographically-distributed-tems#t=1339) Hardware Abstraction Layer and API Design
- [25:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast/2024-08-07-paul-barbu-gheorge-on-geographically-distributed-tems#t=1551) Consumer-Driven API Design and Use Cases
- [36:11](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast/2024-08-07-paul-barbu-gheorge-on-geographically-distributed-tems#t=2171) Interface Specification and Implementation Details
- [39:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast/2024-08-07-paul-barbu-gheorge-on-geographically-distributed-tems#t=2387) Platform Consistency and Remote Collaboration

## Topics

- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Wenglor (company)
- Linux (other)
- Yocto (other)
- Buildroot (other)
- WebEx (tool)
- Cisco (company)
- Qt (other)

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