Ricky Robinson
Co-owner & CEO at Shorthand
Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
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Top SchoolRicky Robinson is a seasoned technology founder and CEO with 15 years of experience turning research-grade ideas into sustainable, growth-stage product businesses. As Co-owner and CEO of Shorthand he led a ground-up rebuild of the flagship visual storytelling platform, restructured the company with employee ownership and scaled it to serve major global brands while securing investment backing. His background spans hands-on engineering roles—from Django/Python marketplaces to Ruby on Rails and advanced web stacks—and a PhD in Computer Science that informs a research-driven approach to product and tech strategy. He has founded startups (Composure), led R&D-commercialisation programs at NICTA, and mentored postgraduate students, blending academic rigor with operator grit. Notably, Ricky pairs deep technical craftsmanship with customer-focused product design and a knack for reviving small teams into high-performing ventures.
15 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Computer Science, Ph.D. Computer Science at The University of QueenslandSt Joseph's Nudgee CollegeVictoria Point State School
English, Hindi, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (26)
angularjs7
ruby-on-rails6
state-machine6
cucumber6
rspec6
opencv6
devise6
ruby6
authentication6
router5
javascript5
typescript4
consolidation4
omniauth3
transit3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
rickyrobinson/rickyrobinson.github.io
Feb 2016 - Oct 2019
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
tsjio/startupseqmap
Oct 2013 - Dec 2013
Contributions:25 commits in 1 month
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