Robin Getz
Sr Director Of Consumer Software Platform Engineering
Medway, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobin Getz is a seasoned engineering leader with 26 years of experience building multidisciplinary teams and turning complex hardware-software stacks into scalable consumer and embedded platforms. Currently Sr. Director of Consumer Software Platform Engineering at Bose, he has led large global organizations at Analog Devices and MathWorks, spanning firmware, drivers, GUIs, algorithms, and systems-level productization. He combines hands-on low-level expertise—demonstrated by contributions to projects like libiio and Blackfin/embedded kernel work—with strategic P&L and program management for high-volume products. Known for growing distributed engineering teams across six geographies, Robin bridges R&D, manufacturing, and go-to-market functions to drive measurable business impact. He frequently translates deep technical insight into teaching materials, demos, and customer-facing programs that accelerate platform adoption. Based in Medway, MA, he brings rare cross-domain fluency from silicon and board design through device drivers to consumer software platforms.
26 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, B.Sc. Electrical Engineering at University of Saskatchewan
Github Skills (23)
lib10
dma10
interrupt-handling10
usb10
c1110
c1710
kernel10
interrupt10
sys10
kernel-mode10
embedded10
error-handling10
libusb10
assembly9
c-programming9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
analogdevicesinc/libiio
Nov 2016 - Oct 2022
A cross platform library for interfacing with local and remote Linux IIO devices
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 205 reviews, 458 commits in 6 years
Contributions summary:Robin's contributions primarily involved implementing features and addressing bugs related to the libiio library, particularly focusing on USB-related functionalities. This included supporting older versions of libusb, implementing a more robust approach to context creation and also adding the ability to connect to USB or serial devices. These efforts demonstrate a focus on improving the stability, usability, and compatibility of the IIO library.
iiolinuxanalogdacadc
jonsmirl/mpc5200
Jul 2006 - Jul 2010
Digispeaker
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:92 commits in 4 years
Contributions summary:Robin primarily focused on low-level kernel and system-level modifications for the Blackfin architecture. Their contributions included bug fixes and workarounds for hardware anomalies related to the DMA, memory protection, and interrupt handling. The user also implemented performance improvements and added debugging capabilities to facilitate identifying and resolving hardware errors within the embedded system. Further, they documented and improved the system's ability to run on various revisions of the target processor.
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