Simbe Robotics CEO and leadership

Specialties: Technology-based Entrepreneurship, Innovative Product Design, Engineering Design, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Project Management, Technology and Strategy Consulting, Web Application Development and Implementation, Technology & Information Assurance, Business Continuity Planning, Risk Assessments.

Experienced Co-Founder with a demonstrated history as a commercial business owner and product/hardware designer with an emphasis in robotics design. Focusing on Human Robot Interaction (HRI) applied to hardware product design and development, including industrial design, mechanical design, and user experience design.

Interested in a career at Simbe? --| https://www.simberobotics.com/about/careers/apply

• Key Areas of Expertise: Software Engineering, Computer Science, Software Project Management, Software Architecture, Robotics, Autonomous Control Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Programming Languages, Startups/Entrepreneurship

• Strongest Computer Science Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Graphics, Operating Systems, Computer Networks, Programming Languages, Data Structures & Algorithms, Computer Architecture, Compilers, Database Management Systems, Theory of Computation, Discrete Mathematics

• Programming Paradigms: Functional, Object-Oriented, Procedural/Imperative

• Programming Languages: C++, C, OCaml, Python, Matlab, Java

• Software Development Skills: Disciplined Software Engineering, Configuration Management Systems, Source Control Systems, Bug Tracking Systems, Code Documentation Systems, Multi-threaded Programming, Design Patterns, Code Refactoring, Regression Testing, Continuous Integration, RTFM

• Select Software Development Tools: gcc, Qt Creator, Valgrind, MS Visual Studio, Eclipse, gdb, Code::Blocks, mex (Matlab-C interface), GNU Make, CMake, iPython, lex, yacc, git, GitHub, Subversion (svn), Unified Modeling Language (UML), Arduino IDE, Doxygen, LaTeX, Jenkins, TravisCI, Docker, Ansible

• Select Software Development Libraries: ROS (robotics), Point Cloud Library (perception), MOOS (robotics), Boost (C++ extensions), POCO (C++ extensions), OpenGL (3D graphics), OpenCV (computer vision), BSD sockets (network programming), Gtk+ (GUI programming), MFC (GUI programming), sqlite (database), MySQL (database), MongoDB (database), redis (database), GDI/GDI+ (2D graphics), pthreads (POSIX threads), lpsolve (linear program solver), DevIL (image rendering), Gambit (game theory solver), Festival (speech synthesis),

CMU Sphinx (speech recognition)

• Cloud Platforms: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

• Operating Systems: Linux, Unix, Windows, Android, MacOS

Customer-focused C-Suite tech & operations executive managing businesses & optimizing growth, efficiencies/profitability. Founded start-ups, led Fortune 500 & private equity owned companies (Sony Pictures, Advantage Solutions). Board participation experience. Expertise includes business development; product creation/launch; digital transformation, M&A execution/integration; P&L management; e-commerce growth services; investment & expense optimization; raising capital; building/leading teams. Analytical & problem-solving skills, collaborative/entrepreneurial spirit.As President, Digital Technology, Advantage Solutions ($4B in revenue) was the Division’s founding member. Developed high-growth revenue-generating business, ushering Advantage into the e-commerce channel. Increased revenue through synergy reinforcement between stores/brands & provided opportunities to grow the overall business. Built a 300+ professional team, developed/implemented growth strategy (completed 6 acquisitions, integrated 4 new high-growth services/products into the Company) & drove $125M in revenue in 4 years.Before, as CIO (CEO direct report), enabled Company’s growth: integral to closing large opportunities with many blue-chip clients, drove revenue: created competitive business advantage across business lines by developing and deploying innovative industry-specific technology platforms.Earlier, founded/expanded Media Salvation before its Rentrak acquisition. Continued as SVP, Digital Studio Services, growing Rentrak’s capabilities.Previously, as Division CIO, Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures, led $3B Division, played integral role in domestic/international growth.BS, Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (received prestigious awards).

Chief of Staff at Simbe Robotics, global leader in automation solutions that give retailers unprecedented visibility and insight into the state of their store environments, while improving inventory and operational challenges.

Previously Co-Founder @ Founder Studio, a consulting firm providing strategic, operational and technical guidance to international and high-growth companies. Former Chief Operating Officer of a leading technology conference gathering 5,000+ visionaries, entrepreneurs, investors and media from 80+ countries. Ran startup programs, projects and partnerships at Seesmic and Microsoft.

Specialties: Technology-based Entrepreneurship, Innovative Product Design, Engineering Design, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Project Management, Technology and Strategy Consulting, Web Application Development and Implementation, Technology & Information Assurance, Business Continuity Planning, Risk Assessments.

Experienced Co-Founder with a demonstrated history as a commercial business owner and product/hardware designer with an emphasis in robotics design. Focusing on Human Robot Interaction (HRI) applied to hardware product design and development, including industrial design, mechanical design, and user experience design.

Interested in a career at Simbe? --| https://www.simberobotics.com/about/careers/apply

• Key Areas of Expertise: Software Engineering, Computer Science, Software Project Management, Software Architecture, Robotics, Autonomous Control Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Programming Languages, Startups/Entrepreneurship

• Strongest Computer Science Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Graphics, Operating Systems, Computer Networks, Programming Languages, Data Structures & Algorithms, Computer Architecture, Compilers, Database Management Systems, Theory of Computation, Discrete Mathematics

• Programming Paradigms: Functional, Object-Oriented, Procedural/Imperative

• Programming Languages: C++, C, OCaml, Python, Matlab, Java

• Software Development Skills: Disciplined Software Engineering, Configuration Management Systems, Source Control Systems, Bug Tracking Systems, Code Documentation Systems, Multi-threaded Programming, Design Patterns, Code Refactoring, Regression Testing, Continuous Integration, RTFM

• Select Software Development Tools: gcc, Qt Creator, Valgrind, MS Visual Studio, Eclipse, gdb, Code::Blocks, mex (Matlab-C interface), GNU Make, CMake, iPython, lex, yacc, git, GitHub, Subversion (svn), Unified Modeling Language (UML), Arduino IDE, Doxygen, LaTeX, Jenkins, TravisCI, Docker, Ansible

• Select Software Development Libraries: ROS (robotics), Point Cloud Library (perception), MOOS (robotics), Boost (C++ extensions), POCO (C++ extensions), OpenGL (3D graphics), OpenCV (computer vision), BSD sockets (network programming), Gtk+ (GUI programming), MFC (GUI programming), sqlite (database), MySQL (database), MongoDB (database), redis (database), GDI/GDI+ (2D graphics), pthreads (POSIX threads), lpsolve (linear program solver), DevIL (image rendering), Gambit (game theory solver), Festival (speech synthesis),

CMU Sphinx (speech recognition)

• Cloud Platforms: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

• Operating Systems: Linux, Unix, Windows, Android, MacOS