Rob Arnold
Founder at Loci Consulting
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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SeniorRob Arnold is a seasoned technology founder and engineering leader with 17 years of experience turning ideas into scalable software and hardware systems. Based in San Diego, he has built and led startups and turnaround engagements, guiding everything from infrastructure and DevOps to real-time embedded software and security. As founder of Loci Consulting, he delivers advisory, startup management, and hands-on coding across domains including IP networking, kiosk/IoT devices, Linux system programming, and media/software pipelines. He also contributed to the Buck build system as a Backend & Automation Engineer, enhancing Android NDK integration and cross-platform test workflows, reflecting a knack for robust, portable tooling. His leadership roles include CTO/VP Engineering at Telanetix, President/CEO at Shyft Systems, and executive positions at RedDotNet and Coin Cloud, illustrating a pattern of multidisciplinary product engineering and organizational scaling. Rob combines entrepreneurial grit with deep technical depth, shaping architectures that blend hardware realities with cloud-native operations.
18 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (9)
javas10
buck10
python10
build-automation10
java10
test-automation10
android9
windows9
cicd8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
facebook/buck
Aug 2013 - Jan 2015
A fast build system that encourages the creation of small, reusable modules over a variety of platforms and languages.
Role in this project:
Backend & Automation Engineer
Backend & Automation EngineerContributions:8 commits in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Rob primarily focused on enhancing the build system, specifically the Android NDK integration within the Buck build tool. They implemented checks for supported NDK versions and added support for NDK r9, improving build process stability. Further contributions include refactoring and improvements to Python library handling and test execution, especially on Windows, which demonstrates an understanding of cross-platform compatibility issues. They also made changes to the test environment, including the inclusion of the `PATHEXT` variable.
buckpythonplatformsandroidlanguages
sdwilsh/tree-bot
Jun 2011 - Jun 2011
Contributions:32 commits in 11 days
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