Summary
Andy Robinson is a product-minded automation leader with 11+ years delivering industrial and life-sciences automation platforms, from detailed control systems to large multi‑million dollar projects. He has founded and led startups and product efforts—GxPaaS, aaOpenSource, and Phase 2 Automation—bringing cloud-native, paperless validation and open-source tooling to regulated environments. Andy excels at turning complex automation requirements into modular, microservice-friendly architectures that prioritize open data exchange and network effects across disparate systems. He’s shipped hundreds of machines and launched multiple platform-based product lines, and he pairs hands-on engineering fluency with a passion for teaching—preferring deep one-on-one mentoring or whiteboard sessions to large presentations. Based in Raleigh, NC, he combines chemical engineering fundamentals with decades of field delivery, and his persistent advocacy for community-driven open solutions underpins five years of blogging and an ongoing open-source initiative.
12 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Chemical Engineering, Bachelor of Science Chemical Engineering at The University of Alabama