Bob Brown
Bob Brown
Bob Brown is a seasoned technologist and software engineer with extensive experience designing and deploying multimedia tools for creative professionals. With a background in Electrical Engineering from Mississippi State University, Bob has developed software at all levels, from kernel to user interface, for a variety of platforms, including Apple macOS and iOS, Android, Windows, and Linux. Bob is an expert in real-time, multi-threaded, high-performance software development and has experience with communication protocols, media streaming technologies, file formats, and immersive audio.
In addition to his technical expertise, Bob is an excellent manager and team leader, with experience mentoring junior engineers and working with cross-functional teams across the software life-cycle. He is familiar with agile methodologies and is comfortable serving as a product owner or scrum master. Bob is also well-versed in internationalization and localization and has worked on projects that require these skills.
Bob has had a long and successful career in the software industry. He has worked as a Senior Director Software Architecture at Xperi Corporation, a VP of Engineering at Gobbler, and as a Software Architect at Avid Technology. Bob has also worked for Yahoo! and Digidesign as a Principal Software Engineer. Prior to his work in the software industry, Bob was a Graduate Student Software Engineer at the Institute For Signal and Information Processing and a Camp Director at Philmont.