Chris Roby
Co-Founder at Derby Entrepreneurship Center at Tufts University (DEC)
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Roby is a product leader and builder with 16 years of experience blending hands-on engineering, UX-focused front-end work, and strategic product management. Currently a Co-Founder in Seattle and Senior Product Manager on Google Maps Navigation Guidance, he has led cross-functional teams at Google, Rover, Axon, and healthcare AI startup 98point6 to launch high-impact consumer and enterprise products. He founded Rover’s Growth PM team and previously shipped core marketplace and on-demand services that now represent a large share of bookings, demonstrating an ability to turn product vision into measurable business outcomes. Comfortable in code and UX, he contributed front-end improvements to the Open Academic Environment project, surfacing a long-standing interest in education tech and polished interfaces. He also advises and coaches early founders through Tufts’ entrepreneurship programs, sharing practical experience across startups and large orgs. Known for cultivating high-performance team cultures, he pairs deep user empathy with rigorous experimentation to drive durable product value.
16 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Growth Series, Growth Series at ReforgeBS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Tufts University
Github Skills (5)
javascript10
user-interface10
front-end-development10
html9
css9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
oaeproject/3akai-ux
Apr 2010 - Aug 2012
Open Academic Environment (OAE) Front-End
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2013 commits in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Chris's contributions primarily focused on front-end development within the Open Academic Environment (OAE) Front-End repository. They implemented a v1 view mode for profile sections, indicating work on user interface design. They also worked on upgrading search functionality, and fixing various UI rendering bugs and formatting issues. The changes show a focus on improving the user experience and visual aspects of the OAE platform.
reactjavascriptfrontendfront-endtypescript
stuartf/sakai-widgetlibrary
Aug 2011 - Mar 2012
Contributions:190 commits in 7 months
widgetsakaidartflutterwidget-library
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