Rob Edgell Email & Phone Number

Dallas, TX, US

San Jose, California, US

• First OS/UI resource hired in the Austin office. Tasked with building out a new team located in Austin.
• Hired and grew the team to 15 people located in in San Jose, Austin, Cambridge (UK) and Kiev.
• Responsible for scoping and planning feature guides for new OS/UI & Firmware features for each key release.
• Directly responsible for managing 13 senior software engineers along with 2 additional contractors focusing on localization and internationalization.
• Directly responsible for engineering efforts focused on international expansion of Roku devices.
• Delivered two new TV’s to brand new markets in the UK and Brazil simultaneously leading to 2 million new device activations in the first year.

Richardson, Texas, US

• Responsible for overall software strategy and implementation for Android Wear connected devices
• Core contributor over 4 years bringing connected devices revenue from 0% to 20% of company revenue
• Rapid prototyping of new ideas and concepts using Java for Android, Firebase, Google Cloud Services.
• Responsible for creating presentations and pitching concepts and ideas to internal partners and external licensors.
• Responsible for attending remote video shoots to support licensors and ensure overall quality of commercial advertising
• Subject matter expert for Android Wear development

Richardson, Texas, US

• Continued responsibility of growing the software engineering team and its capabilities
• Worked with team to architect an OpenGL rendering engine for Android Wear watch face development
• Work with internal brand and external licenses to on board them to Android Wear. These were the first tech products for our brands.
• Identify brand needs, architect, prototype and deliver solutions

Richardson, Texas, US

• Third member of the connected devices team
• Identified and hired talent to deliver our generation 1 Android Wear device, Hybrid watch and fitness tracker
• Worked directly with Intel software engineering to architect and deliver firmware to support connected devices
• Worked directly with Google to implement solutions for multi-brand support within a single Android Wear build

Richardson, Texas, US

• Responsible for building a new team focused on solving retail reporting issues in Asia
• Identified talent and built a 6 person team to support the development of a custom iOS retail management application
• Architected a REST based interface for communication between the application and backend server
• Setup and managed an auto scaling environment on AWS
• This solution provided daily insight to each stores inventory counts, sales and overall productivity. Prior to this solution visibility into key indicators was limited and often incorrect.
• Solution was deployed in 400+ locations within our Asia Pacific retail locations

Richardson, Texas, US

• Responsible for rebuilding multiple brand websites using reusable components that could be shared across projects
• Implemented a modular based system using RequrireJS
• Implemented Handlebars for front end templating
• Rebuilt fossil.com, relicbrand.com and watchstation.com

London, GB

• Managed a team of 8 developers
• Met with clients to identify needs and concept ideas
• Architect reusable solutions that could be leveraged across projects
• Managed software projects and timelines for clients such as Bud Light, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, Dyson, American Airlines, Mobil 1 Racing and Project RED

• Responsible for core development on client projects
• Maintained 80%+ billable time
• Built promotions and contest sites for Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Ford and more.

• Responsible for building and maintaining websites for various local clients