Rob Friesel is a versatile technology leader and educator with 11+ years of software engineering and product experience, currently leading Detection Configuration at New Relic while also serving as Head of Craft Beer Education at Black Flannel Brewing. He blends hands-on engineering and architecture with strong UX and design-system roots from a long tenure at Dealer.com, routinely mentoring teams and improving user task completion through pragmatic feature design. Rob’s background spans technical support to senior leadership, giving him a rare mix of customer empathy, operational rigor, and product craftsmanship. Outside engineering he applies sensory science to brewing and has taught Cicerone candidates—an unexpected intersection of technical discipline and liberal-arts curiosity that informs his collaborative, human-centered approach.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Psychology, BA, Psychology at St. Mary's College of Maryland
Contributions:1 push, 6 branches, 1 tag in 5 years 10 months
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