Summary
Rob Johnson is an experienced engineer and technical leader with over 15 years building embedded systems, firmware, and software architecture across startups and major corporations like Intel and Google. As Owner and Chief Engineer of GTG Productions and former Chief of Staff for Intel’s Software Architecture Office, he blends hands-on firmware and driver development with program and organizational design to deliver complex graphics, compute, and AI-enabled software. He led early program work on Intel’s XeSS upscaling and helped optimize AI/ML performance for exascale initiatives, while at Google he contributed to the Greybus spec and novel UniPro/PCIe integrations for Project Ara. Comfortable spanning hardware, low-level software, and product strategy, Rob has a track record of improving processes and performance metrics (including measurable efficiency gains across teams and products). Based in Folsom, CA, he brings a global perspective on engineering communication and standards, often focusing on multinational collaboration and pragmatic solutions that accelerate product readiness.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BSEE Electrical engineering, BSEE Electrical engineering at University of Nevada, Reno