Hi, i'm rob

I'm a creative, passionate, responsible person who likes inventing new things and making the world better.

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About me

My Achievements

    Startups

  • Worked as a Microsoft consultant aged 16 (1999).
  • Cofounded and ran a retail location in 2 cities and sold it for a very good price eventually.
  • Received 1 term sheet from a $100 million VC company.
  • Worked for YCombinator-backed company that was acquired.
  • Worked as a software engineering manager and launched a meditation app on App Store and Play Store successfully.
  • Middle management experience at VC (Ruby on Rails) and over 15 Individual Contributors at Tech Mahindra Business Process Services for a Google machine learning project.
  • 2022. London School of Economics Online MBA Essentials Certificate
  • Initial creator of YAML-Var format for easily adding variables to configuration files.

International Relations

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  • Bilingual since a child, has always been curious about cultures, differences, and also shared human values; took language exchange in several languages
  • Received General Interpreter's Certificate in 2008 (English and Hungarian).
  • Dismayed after war broke out in Europe, worked hard and obtained the first Russian ceasefire through this letter, as reported in Mint, a news and Axios (2022-2023).
  • In recognition of peaceful actions may have met an ambassador or someone just like him and received commemorative jacket.
  • Still working hard to end the war and build international relationships
  • My net worth is above $1 million (asssuming no government default).
  • Proud to align with green media, sales, and marketing, and support dollar a tree.

Capabilities

  • Intelligence & Creativity
  • Leadership & Management
  • Excellent Written & Oral Communication
  • Listening to Others & Understanding Motivations
  • Giving Candid & Effective Feedback
  • Appreciating & Encouraging Teamwork
  • Consistency & Reliability
  • Trustworthiness & Credibility
  • Being Goal Oriented & Keeping on Track
  • Making Decisions & Accepting Responsibility
  • Building Sustainable Partnerships & Engaging with Leaders

Summary of IT Skills

  • Type 90-120 WPM
  • At ease in several technology layers from chip fabrication through distributed networks: designed an embedded 32-bit ARM system, owned a Python web application, able to conquer new challenges.

What others are saying

“Having worked closely with Rob for a year and a half, where he has been my technical counterpart on a number of projects, I have found him to be highly technically capable, resourceful, creative, and dedicated. In our time working together, no challenge has been insurmountable for Rob, and he has - on every occasion - gone beyond the extra mile to deliver efficient and appropriate solutions to technical challenges which have brought our ideas to life. Furthermore, I have found the unparalleled vision and energy that Rob brings to a team to be inspiring and extremely motivating. In summation, I have full confidence that Rob would be a major asset to any organisation, and I wholeheartedly recommend him. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.” Ben Ridler, Designer, Full Blown Metals

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