Summary
Deon Robinson is a seasoned engineering leader and founder with 13 years of experience building mobile-first and full-stack products across construction tech, fintech, and consumer services. As Founder of DockPad and now Lead Architect/Engineering Manager at WiderCircle, he blends hands-on system design (mobile, Python, React, Flask) with hiring and process leadership to scale teams and ship robust internal tools and AI-driven automation. He was an early engineer at PlanGrid, helping grow the product through acquisition, and spent eight years running a consulting shop focused on Android—bringing deep mobile and payments expertise. His background in academic ML and computer vision labs informs practical AI/LLM work he’s recently led, such as automating customer support workflows. Based in San Francisco, he combines startup grit with structured engineering practices to turn domain knowledge in construction and finance into production-ready software.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science Computer and Systems Engineering Applied Math, BS Computer Science Computer and Systems Engineering Applied Math at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Advisor Track, Advisor Track at Startup School Online
German, Spanish