Summary
Bob Maertz is a pragmatic engineering leader with 10+ years of experience building and scaling teams and systems across startups and government contractors, now leading engineering at Akoya. He excels at turning complex requirements into reliable, production-ready APIs and customer-facing experiences, having progressed from senior engineer to Head of Engineering within the same company. His background spans backend services, cloud migrations, and CI/CD automation—skills he used to standardize deployments and cut deployment overhead. Bob pairs a Master’s in Computer Science from Georgia Tech with early electrical engineering roots, giving him a systems-minded approach to software design. He’s known for practical process improvements (like runtime API docs and GitLab runner enforcement) that save hours per deployment and reduce outages. Colleagues rely on him to balance iterative product delivery with technical stewardship and scalable practices.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical Engineering at University of Cincinnati
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology