Albert Pittman — Independent Technical Consultant

01 What I Do

I solve the problems your team has already decided are unsolvable. I work from raw binary outward — no assumptions, no borrowed values, no guessing. If the hardware did not say it, it does not exist in my work. Every value I produce is traceable to a physical hardware source.

I have been building things since 1982 — skilled trades, computing, embedded systems. If it can be built, I can build it. I do not stop until I know I am right. Pressure is not a problem. It is motivation.

02 Core Capabilities

Forensic Binary Analysis

Boot image internals, partition archaeology, hardware identity recovered from raw hex. No tool output trusted until cross-verified against binary.

AOSP Platform Engineering

Full AOSP build system from Makefile and BoardConfig level. Device tree construction with zero borrowed values. Documented, reproducible builds.

MediaTek Platform Depth

BROM, LK bootloader, TEE, PMIC, ATF, SCP — full stack hardware bring-up. Proven on production MTK silicon including undocumented Franken-SoC configurations.

Embedded Android Recovery

TWRP build and validation, FBE crypto chain verification, fstab forensics, blob dependency audits, init hook parity — from scratch, device-agnostic.

Hardware Interrogation

Live device analysis via ADB, MTK Client BROM-level backup, NVRAM archaeology, DTB/DTBO decode, GPIO mapping, coprocessor identification.

Methodology & Documentation

Forensic investigation schemas, build control documents, pre-build validation rule sets — every value source-coded to a hardware evidence section. No assumption goes undocumented.

03 How I Work

Raw binary is the final authority. Tool output is a starting point, not a conclusion.
Every value is verified against its hardware source before it enters any document or build file.
I do not borrow values from other device trees. I do not guess. I do not approximate.
I document methodology, not just results — every finding is reproducible and traceable.
I work better under pressure. A hard deadline and a device that will not boot is not a problem. It is the problem I am built for.
I do not stop at "it works." I stop when I can prove why it works and rule out every reason it should not.
I disengage when the problem is solved. No padding, no scope creep, no dependency engineering.

04 Who I Work With

OEMs & ODMs

Hardware companies bringing up Android on new silicon. Industrial tablets, rugged devices, wearables, kiosks, medical hardware. I build the platform layer your application team needs to stand on — correctly, the first time.

Mobile Security Firms

Companies that need someone who thinks forensically about Android hardware — not just the OS layer. Boot chain analysis, partition-level investigation, TEE and crypto chain verification. I work the same way your analysts do: from evidence, not assumption.

MDM / EMM Vendors & Device Fleet Operators

Companies managing large fleets of Android hardware who hit platform-level problems their application team cannot reach. Recovery engineering, partition integrity, bring-up failures. I go to the level the problem actually lives at.

Engagements I Do Not Take

Clients who want shortcuts. Clients who want a deliverable they can show management instead of an answer. Clients who will push back on methodology to save time. If you need it done right, I am the right call. If you need it done fast and approximate, I am not.

05 Engagement Model

FORMAT Remote contract. Project-based or retainer. No relocation.

SCOPE Forensic audits, platform bring-up, build system engineering, recovery development, binary analysis — define the problem, I scope the work.

DELIVERABLES Documented findings, verified build artifacts, reproducible methodology. You own the work product completely.

TIMELINE Available now. Pressure-tolerant. Hard deadlines are fine.

CONTACT be.rt.pittman76@gmail.com · (730) 233-9281