phillip torrone
Director of Engineering at adafruit
New York, New York, United States
Summary
🤩
RockstarPhillip Torrone is a Director of Engineering based in New York with 13 years of experience leading teams at the intersection of maker culture, hardware, and software. As managing director at Adafruit and founder of Hackaday, he combines deep editorial roots from MAKE, Popular Science and Engadget with hands-on product and community building. Known in the maker world as the "sword of @ladyada," he blends creative storytelling and technical leadership to turn hobbyist innovation into scalable projects. He specializes in building engineering organizations that support vibrant developer communities and deliver practical, open hardware and learning experiences.
13 years of coding experience
Github Skills (93)
cpython10
adafruit10
servo10
python10
micropython10
arduino-library10
embedded10
circuits10
qt510
python310
inline10
microcontroller10
iot10
temperature-sensor10
pygame10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
adafruit/M.2
Oct 2020 - Dec 2020
Discussion, files, spec, and more for a M.2 standard for makers
Contributions:1 review, 29 commits, 5 PRs in 1 month
siemensnrf52makersnrf52840ocpp
adafruit/CircuitPython_Badge_README
Oct 2018 - Oct 2019
A template README file for including with CircuitPython badges.
Contributions:27 commits, 27 pushes in 1 year
templatepythonbadgescircuitpython
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.