Paddy Robertson
Impact Consultant at Patrick.Is
Llanddaniel Fab, Wales, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolPaddy Robertson is an impact-focused product and engineering leader with 16 years of experience building hardware, software and mission-driven organisations across the UK, Australia, China and Spain. As CEO & Co-Founder of Smart Air Filters he scaled revenue to $3M/year, launched five product lines and led a 30-person international team while partnering with the US State Department and global embassies. He combines aerospace-trained technical depth (MEng, first-class/High Distinction) and full-stack engineering chops—15+ years in open source and contributions to notable projects like ethercalc improving front-end UX and tooling. Paddy now consults on CleanTech, air quality and journalism tech, helping organisations translate strategy into manufacturable products and robust software platforms. Comfortable navigating cross-cultural distributor networks and complex stakeholder relations, he brings a rare blend of hands-on prototyping, SaaS product leadership and international business development. An avid hiker and climber, he often pairs fieldwork-informed product insight with rigorous engineering discipline.
16 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
The University of SydneyMaster of Engineering (MEng), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 1st class with Honours, Master of Engineering (MEng), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 1st class with Honours at University of Bristol
English, Welsh, French, Thai, Korean, Chinese
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Github Skills (17)
javascript10
user-interface10
exp10
html10
user-experience10
python9
css9
dictionary9
jquery8
macos6
django-templates6
language-agnostic6
cocoa6
ruby6
django6
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
audreyt/ethercalc
May 2015 - Dec 2015
Node.js port of Multi-user SocialCalc
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:37 commits, 17 PRs, 26 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Paddy primarily contributed to the front-end development of the ethercalc project. Their work involved improving the user interface through better tooltips, updating front-end libraries like jszip and xlsx.js. Moreover, the user implemented features that enhanced user experience by allowing users to rename spreadsheets upon upload and added functionality to auto-fill numbers and dates. They also added a search bar to facilitate the discovery of content within sheets.
nodejs
quicksilver/elements.textmanipulation-qsplugin
Mar 2015 - Feb 2025
Contributions:1 PR, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 10 years
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