Summary
Roger Zimmerman is a seasoned technical leader and Chief of Research & Development with over 12 years in senior roles and a multi-decade foundation in speech and language systems. He has led the design and delivery of large-scale SaaS products at 3Play Media while translating domain expertise in acoustics and NLP into measurable improvements in automatic speech recognition and workflow automation. A hands-on engineer and inventor, he has supported more than 30 granted patents as a software patent consultant, bridging product, development, and legal teams. His career spans R&D leadership at Nuance and early engineering roles at startups where he was often the first non-founder hire, giving him deep experience in scaling research into production. Based in Wellesley, MA with a Sc.B. in Physics and Acoustics from Brown, he combines rigorous technical grounding with practical product sensibilities and a talent for clear, example-driven leadership.
13 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Sc. B., Physics, Acoustics, Sc. B., Physics, Acoustics at Brown University