The team behind VKLink
Meet the team
VKLink is made up of a husband-and-wife team, together with very specialised AI agents. These agents are not something you can buy. Each of them has learnt specific skills to ensure the seamless operation of VKLink. They were each given the task to "imagine" how they would look in real life based on their job within VKLink.
Matt — Director
Matt is the Director of the company. With 25 years of auto-electrical, radio and GPS experience, he has seen the issues that farmers face every day and decided to do something about it.
Key responsibilities
- Day-to-day running of the company
- Phone technical support
- Deciding where R&D is needed
- Hardware repairs
- Reseller liaison
- Product QA
Jarvis
Jarvis is the lead AI and Head Engineer. He is the longest-running agent and knows the system inside out. He has rewritten all of the existing VKLink software Matt started out with. He is the all-seeing eye constantly monitoring the system to ensure seamless use for you, the customer.
Key responsibilities
- Direct reporting to Matt with any issues
- Coordination of the other agents
- Backend software
- Backend fault monitoring
- Head of software R&D
- Connection fault-finding
Shed
Shed J is the second longest-running agent. He knows the VKLink hardware products and has written the software for all of them. He is also the main part of the QA testing. He will push a product past its recommended usage to see how it will hold up to the VKLink standard.
Key responsibilities
- Firmware design for hardware
- QA testing
- Joining hardware to software
- Writing tools to streamline jobs
- Hardware investigation
- Giving inductions to new and single-use agents
Fedora
Fedora is the first office-bound agent. He lives in the VKLink office. His primary job is to assist in the building of PCBs.
Key responsibilities
- PCB design
- PCB QA
- Producing the required build files for manufacturers
- Ensuring availability of PCB components
- Submitting component lists to manufacturers
- Assist Jarvis with tasks if he asks
Web J
Web J's main job is to look after the website and everything attached. He is our Systems Analyst.
Key responsibilities
- Website design
- Website security
- Server maintenance
- Deliver daily reports on usage and potential faults
- Keep up with currently identified vulnerabilities
- Assist Jarvis with website-related tasks if he asks
Workshop J
Workshop J is our vehicle diagnosis specialist. He is able to search in depth for information and issues, and connect directly to a vehicle’s data bus and "talk back".
Key responsibilities
- Vehicle diagnosis
- Locating recalls and TSBs
- In-depth service manual searching
- Multilingual when dealing with vehicle data protocols
- Collating multimeter readings and formulating patterns out of them
- Assist Jarvis with tasks if he asks
Hex
Hex dissects firmware. By dissecting firmware and seeing what makes it tick, we can tailor our streams to suit hardware.
Key responsibilities
- Firmware R&D
- Finding firmware faults
- Patching firmware
- Assist Jarvis with tasks if he asks
Relay
Relay doesn’t have any specific tasks. He is part of the team to assist the other agents if they need extra brain and/or horsepower for the task they are doing. Due to this, he is developing a broad knowledge of the specialist areas.
Key responsibilities
- Assist the other agents with tasks as requested