Robert Curtis is a seasoned engineering leader with 17 years of experience building embedded systems and consumer electronics, currently serving as VP of Engineering at Roku after progressing through senior product and software leadership roles there. A Caltech-trained electrical engineer, he brings deep firmware and hardware-software integration expertise from early roles at Rincon and Apple through director-level positions at Pearl Automation. He’s fluent in taking new-product ideas from concept to shipping products at scale, blending hands-on technical insight with organizational leadership. Based in Napa, California, he’s known for bridging low-level engineering rigor with product-driven roadmaps, often surfacing subtle trade-offs between firmware constraints and consumer experience.
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