Robert Jack
Director, Product Design And Management at Bela
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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Top SchoolRobert Jack is a music technologist and product design leader with 11 years' experience, co‑founder and Director of Product Design and Management at Bela, where he builds electronic musical instruments and developer tools from Palermo, Italy. He holds a PhD in Media & Arts Technology focused on touch in digital musical instrument design and blends deep technical skills in real‑time DSP and PCB design with creative practice in composition. Robert has taught and developed courses at Aalto, the Royal College of Art and Queen Mary University, translating research into hands‑on curricula and online training for practitioners and clinicians. His work spans product strategy, hardware-software integration and rehabilitation-oriented creative technology, evidencing a rare mix of academic rigour and product delivery. Notably, he has turned research prototypes into production-ready instruments used by makers and educators worldwide.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
MA(Hons), Applied Mathematics and Music, MA(Hons), Applied Mathematics and Music at University of GlasgowDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Media & Arts Technology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Media & Arts Technology at Queen Mary University of LondonMMus in Studio Composition, Music, MMus in Studio Composition, Music at Goldsmiths, University of London
Github Skills (17)
synthesis10
ide10
sound-synthesis10
piano10
synth10
java9
arduino-library9
php9
audio8
youtube7
spring7
cpp6
arduino6
linux1
esp321
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
BelaPlatform/bela_newBlog
Nov 2016 - Jul 2021
Contributions:319 commits, 287 pushes, 5 comments in 4 years 8 months
BelaPlatform/bela-pepper
Jul 2019 - Dec 2022
Contributions:17 commits, 16 pushes, 2 comments in 3 years 6 months
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