Rob Phillips

Experience

Desiderata Labs

Consultant 2017 - Present (over 9 years)

Keepsafe VPN (http://apple.co/2xd6ZPE)
- Main UI/animations, paywall and VPN locations screens
- Easy-to-use API for VPN mgmt

Keepsafe Photos (http://apple.co/2fLzZ9C)
-... more

ChefBrain

Tinkerer 2017 - 2018 (about 1 year)

Fun with food, fire and photography

Viv Labs

Lead iOS Engineer 2016 - 2017 (7 months)

Viv is a next-generation personal assistant created by the same team that created Siri. It was acquired by Samsung in October 2016.

Responsibilities included anything... more

Exit

Luxe

Engineering Lead & Product Manager 2016 (5 months)

Led a team of 16 engineers and data scientists to help create the Luxe of tomorrow. It was an amazing team and we had a lot of fun working on very challenging logistics and... more

iOS Team Lead & Product Manager 2015 - 2016 (11 months)

Helping to optimize system workflows, architecture and efficiencies while creating an engaging and rewarding experience for our customers and valets.

Desiderata Labs

Founder, Designer, Developer 2010 - 2015 (almost 5 years)

Independently developed a number of top-selling sports apps which were acquired in August 2014.

Also created and open sourced a video social network built with Ruby... more

Everest

Lead iOS Engineer 2013 - 2014 (7 months)

This project was open sourced here: https://github.com/EverestOpenSource/Everest-iOS

Re-architected and re-wrote Everest 2.0 from scratch in 3.5 months with full test... more

Brevidy

Founder, Designer, Developer 2010 - 2012 (over 1 year)

Designed all UI/UX in Photoshop and then implemented it using HTML, HAML, CSS, and jQuery. Architected the backend models and controllers, and implemented them using Ruby... more

Harris

Mechanical Team Lead, Avionics 2007 - 2011 (over 3 years)

Team Leader for ruggedized military/avionics (jets, helicopters, missiles) electronics packaging designs. Responsible for budgeting, staffing, creating 3D designs and engineering... more

Pratt & Whitney

F-135 STOVL Jet Engine Test 2005 (7 months)

Responsible for validating functionality and life of major jet engine hardware and computer control logic with use of instrumentation and engine test programs as part of the... more

Founder

Brevidy, Desiderata Labs

Employee

Everest, Luxe, Pratt & Whitney, Viv Labs, Harris, ChefBrain, Desiderata Labs

About

Achievements

Led 16 engineers and data scientists at Luxe, where I also designed, PM'ed and developed the 2.0 version of their valet app. Previously, re-architected and re-wrote Everest 2.0 from scratch in 3.5 months with full test suite, launching on schedule, with a flexible codebase that allowed new feature development in days rather than months.

Describe the most impressive thing you've done.

Skills

Product Development Ruby Back-End Development CSS User Experience Design Software Engineering Mechanical Engineering Startup Founder Graphic Design Ruby on Rails Engineering French language Git HTML Javascript Objective-C PostgreSQL Programming REST Software User Interface Design User Interface Sketch Python Swift Mobile Development Software Architecture iOS Development UI/UX Design

Locations

California San Francisco San Francisco Bay Area

Projects