Roland Rabien
General Manager, Engineering at reFX Audio Software Inc.
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolRoland Rabien is a seasoned engineering leader with 23 years building audio, imaging and embedded systems software, now serving as General Manager, Engineering at reFX Audio Software. He combines deep hands-on expertise in C/C++/Objective-C, Qt/JUCE and microcontroller firmware with product-level ownership across desktop, mobile and real-time audio pipelines. Roland has a strong track record in pro-audio—contributing stability and core fixes to the Tracktion Engine—and has worked with clients such as Neyrinck, Tracktion and Intel. He also brings niche experience as an expert witness auditing C, C++ and Objective-C source for IP litigation, reflecting a rare blend of technical depth and legal-facing rigor. Based in Victoria, BC, he pairs practical firmware and ANT+ networking know-how with a designer’s eye for UI and audio UX.
23 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computer Science, BSc Computer Science at University of Victoria
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (17)
debug10
c-language10
audio-processing10
cprogramming-language10
objective-c9
windows9
midi-instrument9
midi9
juce8
version-control6
dst6
iphone6
cocoa6
qt6
winapi6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Tracktion/tracktion_engine
Nov 2018 - Jan 2023
Tracktion Engine module
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 457 commits, 3 PRs in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Roland primarily focused on debugging and improving the Tracktion Engine module, a C++ audio processing framework. Their contributions involved fixing issues related to audio file handling, MIDI clip manipulation, and addressing stability problems. They also worked on code related to the core functionalities of the Daw such as the UI, effects, and the general rendering process.
audio-processingcppaudiounitpitch-detectionc-plus-plus
FigBug/Multiplayer-ELO
Dec 2015 - Jan 2021
Multiplayer ELO calculations
Contributions:1 review, 23 commits, 7 PRs in 5 years 2 months
multiplayerelocalculations
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