Rob Roberts Email & Phone Number

Austin, TX, US

San Francisco, CA, US

Program Manager for Autodesk’s Design for Industry student design competition series, connecting students to industry through personal and professional connections to the likes of: NASA, European Space Agency, Airbus, Boston Scientific, Bose, Sennheiser, Sonos, Turtle Beach, GE Appliances, Nissan Motors, WorldSkills, and the UNHCR.This role includes.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Facilitator and voice of a +350k community that grew 100% in my first six months.
• Directly engaging via FB, Twitter, YouTube, creating content with 1M+ user impressions annually.
• Daily analytics monitoring of site, GA, FB and Twitter reach to strategize next content release, resulting in 50% increase in annual MAU.
• Owner of entire video process, voice-overs and content for how-to videos totaling over 169,000 views
• Produced demo videos for Director/VP level to gain support and division funding from C-Suite.
• Lead resource to offshore help agents- writing 40+ macros, enabling them to answer tough questions.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Product managed multiple desktop (Win Mac) products, along with a CNC tool-path web app.
• Coordinated multiple teams, as a subject matter expert to repair and optimize 3D models for manufacture via CNC/3D Printing/Laser-cutting.
• Key technical resource for dev teams until projects absorbed into a larger Autodesk platform.
• Practiced true Agile SW development processes with team spread across SF, Boulder, Shanghai, Pune, and Toronto.
• Subject-matter expertise in electronics that focused on integrating acquisition of Circuits.io into Autodesk 123D Circuits.
• This position is located in Autodesk's Pier 9 facility.

• Early to mid-stage contributor from initial garage to startup office ($5M+)
• Re-designed the bulky prototypes from basic to a manufacturable, cutting-edge product.
• Spearheaded best industry practices to original engineering team for PCB design.
• Engaged major component vendors for COIN: Atmel, Epson, eInk, Nordic, Texas Instruments, Maxim.
• Backed by K9 Ventures and YCombinator.

US

Engineering consulting services, primarily the development and prototyping of consumer electronics. From design inception through mass production (NPI).Board design, layout, firmware, patent research.I have a quiver of highly qualified engineers I call upon when collaboration is necessary. Examples: firmware engineers and injection molding experts.

San Jose, CA, US

• Co-wrote TechShop's 3D Printing and Design for Printing curriculum with Makerbot Industries.
• Taught: 3D Printing, Advance Electronics, Electrical Measurement, Advanced Laser Cutting

• Co-founder. Built team of four engineers
• Designed and built a unique 3D printer + scanner from sketch to prototype.
• Did not move forward with VC funding, kept ownership of 3D printing patents.

San Jose, CA, US

• Creating cutting-edge products and rapid prototyping consumer electronic devices for companies including: Apple, Microsoft, Kodak, Flip / Pure Digital, Nike, and PowerMat.
• Individual contributor as EE + led internal team of cross-functional engineers.
• Designed into production a real-time-clock circuit to retrofit +1k IoT products.
• Ownership of very technical details of the Nike Sportband’s prototype production (millions sold).
• Characterized effects of temp cycling on NiMh charging circuitry for millions of Flip Cameras
• Experienced hardware designer using schematic and layout tools - Orcad Capture + PADS.

Munich, DE

• Two separate internships at BMW: (Feb 2004- Jul 2004), (Jun 2003- Aug 2003)
• Designer for a prototype solution to reduce blind spots with video display technology.
• Investigated concept and built a working Inertial Brake Display into BMW motorcycle (K1200LT).

Engineering : Mechatronics

Bfa, Graphic Design / Multimedia Programming