Keith Robson
Visiting Professor Faculty Engineering And Physical Sciences at University of Surrey
Woking, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolKeith Robson is an experienced engineering leader and entrepreneur who has transitioned from electronic design and R&D roles in aerospace and instrumentation to founding and exiting tech companies and leading industrial innovation in higher education. Over decades he has built and managed start-ups, seed funds and business angel networks, played a central role in creating the £90m University of Surrey 5G Innovation Centre, and steered regional programmes to grow high‑tech clusters in space, telecoms and digital manufacturing. Now a Visiting Professor and non‑profit executive, he focuses on commercialisation, spin‑outs and supporting young engineers into manufacturing and space careers. Less obvious is his blend of hands‑on product engineering experience with deep expertise in venture fundraising and ecosystem building, which lets him bridge technical teams, investors and policy makers effectively.
12 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bsc Hons 1st Class Electronic Engineering, Bsc Hons 1st Class Electronic Engineering at University of Leeds
Github Skills (75)
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php-mysql10
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drag8
analytics8
dice8
sortable7
post-processing7
mysql7
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
patrickrb/ks3ckc-website
Feb 2024 - Apr 2025
Website for the SecKC ham club KS3CKC
Contributions:3 reviews, 26 PRs, 40 pushes in 1 year 2 months
amateur-radiohamham-radioradio
patrickrb/flappyBirdThreeJs
May 2016 - Sep 2017
Contributions:61 commits, 93 PRs, 65 pushes in 1 year 4 months
flappy-birdwebgljavascriptthreejsbird
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