Tony Roberts
Founder at PyXLL
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolTony Roberts is a founder and seasoned software engineer with 13 years of professional experience building developer-focused tools and financial services software from London. He has led PyXLL since 2010, translating deep engineering knowledge into a commercial product that bridges Python and Excel for data professionals. His background includes senior engineering and leadership roles at firms such as Man Group, Morgan Stanley and Alphakinetic, combining hands-on development with CTO-level technical strategy. Tony is an active open-source contributor who improved cross-platform build and CI for the well-known pythonnet project, demonstrating practical expertise in packaging, Python 3 migration and Linux/.NET interoperability. He holds a first-class MEng from the University of Oxford and brings a rare mix of quantitative finance domain experience and low-level build/system automation skills. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who turns developer pain points into reliable, production-ready tooling.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MEng (1st), MEng (1st) at University of OxfordBrighton College
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Github Skills (20)
python10
net10
dotnet10
cicd10
asp-net10
mono10
build-automation10
multiplatform9
cross-platform9
platform-independent9
dotnet-core8
csharp8
nuget7
excel6
rtd6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
pythonnet/pythonnet
Jun 2015 - Jun 2016
Python for .NET is a package that gives Python programmers nearly seamless integration with the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) and provides a powerful application scripting tool for .NET developers.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:3 releases, 68 commits, 84 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Tony primarily contributed to the build and testing infrastructure of the Python for .NET project. They introduced Mono build configurations for Linux systems and added Travis CI settings to automate the build process. Furthermore, they modified the setup script to correctly package files for the egg/wheel creation and fixed the build for Python 3. The commits show a focus on cross-platform compatibility and improving the build and release workflow.
dotnetpythonscriptingmonopythonnet
pyxll/pyxll-pycharm
Oct 2020 - Sep 2022
Adds PyCharm debugging support to PyXLL
Contributions:10 commits, 3 PRs, 11 pushes in 1 year 11 months
debuggingpythondebuggerpycharm
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