phillip torrone
Director of Engineering at adafruit
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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RockstarPhillip Torrone is a Director of Engineering based in New York with 13 years of experience blending technical leadership and maker-culture entrepreneurship. As managing director at Adafruit and founder of Hackaday, he connects product engineering with community-driven hardware and open-source initiatives, bringing editorial and maker sensibilities from prior roles at MAKE Magazine, Popular Science, and Engadget. He excels at scaling engineering teams that ship creative consumer and educational hardware/software experiences, while keeping close to hands-on prototyping and content. Known for bridging media, design, and engineering, he thrives on turning hobbyist innovation into sustainable products and platforms.
13 years of coding experience
Github Skills (82)
cpython10
adafruit10
servo10
python10
micropython10
arduino-library10
embedded10
inline10
microcontroller10
iot10
temperature-sensor10
pygame10
factor10
zeplin10
newsletter10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
adafruit/M.2
Oct 2020 - Dec 2020
Discussion, files, spec, and more for a M.2 standard for makers
Contributions:1 review, 29 commits, 5 PRs in 1 month
siemensnrf52makersnrf52840ocpp
adafruit/CircuitPython_Badge_README
Oct 2018 - Oct 2019
A template README file for including with CircuitPython badges.
Contributions:27 commits, 27 pushes in 1 year
templatepythonbadgescircuitpython
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