Rob Newton
Summary
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SeniorRob Newton is a seasoned technology marketing leader with 13+ years building product and channel strategies across privacy, payments, and kids-and-family spaces. He is currently the Sr. Director of Product and Channel Marketing at ChargePoint, guiding go-to-market for the EV charging pioneer and recently serving as interim marketing lead for a 30-person team. As a co-founder of SR-79 Business Consulting and PrivacyRescue, he blends strategic vision with hands-on execution to drive partnerships and privacy-centered initiatives. His career includes senior PMM and brand roles at Google and WhatsApp, shaping global marketing for Android Pay, Helpouts, Kids & Families, and Search Ads, supported by an MBA from the University of Washington. Outside marketing, he has hands-on IoT experience on an ESP WiFi Repeater project, demonstrating the ability to translate technical detail into market-ready solutions, and is based in San Jose, California.
13 years of coding experience
Github Skills (9)
c1710
gpio10
embedded10
router10
c1110
sys10
routers10
esp826610
firewall9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
martin-ger/esp_wifi_repeater
Feb 2019 - Feb 2019
A full functional WiFi Repeater (correctly: a WiFi NAT Router)
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 2 PRs, 16 comments in 3 days
Contributions summary:Rob primarily contributed to the firmware of a WiFi repeater, focusing on command-line interface (CLI) support for GPIO pin control. They added the ability to set GPIO pin modes (input/output), set pin values (high/low), and retrieve pin values. Additionally, the user fixed string comparisons and syntax issues, indicating debugging and maintenance efforts on the codebase. Their contributions demonstrate a focus on low-level hardware interaction within the context of network routing.
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robnewton/script.tvguide
Jan 2013 - Mar 2013
Contributions:13 commits in 1 month
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