Testimonials

“Rob is a talented multi-displined engineer with an easy going disposition. Rob assisted me on several projects, formalizing and analyzing hardware designs, analyzing circuit characteristics, and performing code reviews. He was thorough and precise in all efforts. Rob’s foundation in electrical, mechanical, and software engineering makes him a valuable asset and resource. Given the chance, I would enjoy working with Rob again in the future.”
-MICHAEL, EMBEDDED SYSTEMS CONSULTANT

“Rob is a talented engineer who approaches each project with a significant degree of rigor and discipline. I’ve worked with Rob on several projects, always with aggressive deadlines and numerous technical challenges, and he has always delivered excellent work while maintaining a friendly, cooperative and helpful disposition. Rob has an extremely wide range of skills, from analog electronics up through application-level firmware development. Furthermore, his project management and organizational skills are top-notch. Rob is also an excellent communicator, both as speaker and writer. Regardless of whether it’s for a one-stop turnkey solution or as a member of a larger team, I recommend Rob highly.”
– DAN, EMBEDDED SYSTEMS CONSULTANT

“Lisa is a dynamic entrepreneur with great energy and passion for her work. Just talking with her will get you inspired.”
– MARLENE, LIFE COACH

“Robert Van Rooyen is a rare breed of engineer: a top-notch hardware and software engineer with the unique ability to communicate technical ideas in a concise and clear manner, even to non-technical people. I have collaborated with Rob on multiple projects and not only is he technically superb he is a great team player. This last attribute makes it fun to work with him, but also, it can spell the difference between a successful project and one that fails. I highly recommend him to any team looking for technical expertise, leadership or both”
– SUSAN, SOFTWARE ENGINEER

“Rob is one of those really impressive, multi-disciplined engineers you meet only a few times in the course of a career. He is a really sharp thinker solidly grounded in diverse engineering areas. He is at ease on electrical, mechanical, or software projects. Rob is very thorough in his approach to engineering projects, but also very productive. His work product is of high quality and high value. Besides being an excellent engineer, Rob is an outstanding communicator. He explains technical issues well, is a good listener, and always maintains a positive professional demeanor. He is a real pleasure to work with.”
– JOE, PROJECT MANAGER, NETRINO

“I’ve interacted with Robert on multiple occaisions and at different companies. He has a very low key yet extremely positive and matter of fact style and approach. I have always enjoyed working with him regardless of whether he and his team selected my product or not (I’ve had both occaisions). I always felt that while considering better ways to approach problems he had an eye for the realistic and practical. I make it a point to discuss with him his thoughts, concerns and understanding of his organizations goals. I would highly recommend him to any company seeking a talented engineer and am certain he would be a pivotal part of any team. I would recommend and actively seek to hire him at any company I worked at as well.”
– ANDREW, GLOBAL ACCOUNT MANAGER, WIND RIVER

“Robert is a hard worker and he was an invaluable asset to our software engineering team. He is conscientious, diligent, detail oriented, and a team player. He designs and implements at the highest level of expertise, producing software that is both functional and reliable. He is also likeable and gets along well with others. Robert is a must-have for any software development group!”
– SCOTT, SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, OPTIVISION, INC.

“I’ve worked with Rob for 2.5 years. His company was one of my most important subcontractors to Whitewood Security. Rob is one of the most professional and capable engineers that I have ever had the pleasure to work with. He is highly responsive and innovative and consistently delivers high quality work, on time. I genuinely hope that I have the opportunity to work with Rob again in the future and would highly recommend him and Summit Scientific to anyone else.”
– RICHARD
“I worked with Robert while trying to configure an embedded computer. Robert’s deep expertise in embedded systems coupled with his wide library of ‘tribal knowledge’ and software engineering knowhow in the field of embedded linux made him key in overcoming some of the technical hurdles of our project. Robert was able to xcompile and recommend key applications to run on our device in a quick and reliable manner. Asking Robert for advice was very easy; he gave concise, insightful and honest answers. Explaining our situation was straightforward as he was immediately able to comprehend the situation we were in and roadmap our options with us. I would highly recommend working with Robert and would definitely go to him as a first choice for any future embedded programming work I need help on. I consider it very fortunate that we were able to work with Robert as our first consultant for embedded computing.”
– NIKOLAS, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER II at AWS
“Working with Robert was a true pleasure and honor for me. We worked together on an Operating System Hardware Abstraction Layer used for the Switch software. During this time I did learn a lot and I always felt secure to have Robert around, because I knew he was able to answer nearly any question I’d have. He is a true master in C, so I always called him the Master Coder. I asked him many questions and working together worked very well. He was able to review code from me very quickly and had good recommendations. Robert has lots of creative ideas and is capable to implement them. He created lots of secure and save API’s to use, which had build in checks that are often forgotten due to the fact that developers are mostly on a aggressive time constraint for development. Robert knows very much about embedded systems and real time operating systems like Green Hills software. In the presence of Robert, I always feel the junior and I’ll always have lots to learn from him. I am grateful to Robert for his patience and mentoring me.”
– REINOUD, WiFi SOFTWARE/FRIMWARE DEVELOPER at BROADCOM LIMITED
“Robert is an incredible engineer. We worked together when I first came to HP out of college. Robert was the engineer I attempted to be like. His depth of knowledge was excellent and I always felt he understood the problem he was working on completely. It was a pleasure to work with him. And I hope to work with him again in the future.”
– BRETT, SENIOR SOFTWARE PROGRAM MANAGER

“Robert is an exceptional software development engineer. He works well as a team member and shares freely of his knowledge and expertise and he has a lot of knowledge to share! His code is clean, well documented and works out of the gate. He would be an asset to any organization.”
– RICK, HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE

“Robert’s clarity in communication along with his attention to detail and depth of knowledge make him a valuable asset to ProCurve. His willingness to share his knowledge makes him a great resource to fellow engineers as well.”
– ROB, SOFTWARE ENGINEER at HP (PROCURVE)
“I’ve interacted with Robert on multiple occasions and at different companies. He has a very low key yet extremely positive and matter of fact style and approach. I have always enjoyed working with him regardless of whether he and his team selected my product or not (I’ve had both occasions). I always felt that while considering better ways to approach problems he had an eye for the realistic and practical. I make it a point to discuss with him his thoughts, concerns and understanding of his organization’s goals. I would highly recommend him to any company seeking a talented engineer and am certain he would be a pivotal part of any team. I would recommend and actively seek to hire him at any company I worked as well.”
– RICK, HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
“I have known Robert for many years. He worked for me as a firmware engineer in Hewlett-Packard’s JetDirect team in the late 90s, and more recently we worked together in the Hewlett-Packard ProCurve team. Robert is an excellent firmware engineer. He is quietly focused and productive. He also is skilled at writing real-time firmware, and has a deep understanding of network protocols. I would definitely recommend Robert for a firmware engineering position.”
– STUART, DIRECTOR at FORTH SOFTWARE Ltd
“I’ve interacted with Robert on multiple occasions and at different companies. He Robert is a highly productive engineer who is a credit to ProCurve. He is great to work with as well.”
– KEVIN, SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGER at ARUBA
“Robert is a very strong engineer who is adept at producing elegant solutions to complex problems. In addition to his engineering strengths, he is a good mentor, taking the time to explain the technical aspects or issues to new engineers and non-technical stakeholders. It was a pleasure to work with Robert at HP and I look forward to working with him again.”
– PEICHEN, CO-FOUNDER at ENGINEERED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES
“Robert is a great SW engineer. Thorough in his work.”
– ED, PRODUCT LINE MANAGER
“Robert is a fine software engineer with exceptional attention to detail. Robert is organized and possesses a thorough understanding of C and of Windows drivers. I would hire Robert to work for me if given the opportunity. Robert is a superb software engineer.”
– JIM, SENIOR SOFTWARE MANAGER at PANDUIT
“Robert is one of the strongest engineers on our team from a technical standpoint. His deliverables are on time and of very good quality. Robert sees the bigger picture, understands business priorities, anticipates problems and provides good technical insights and recommendations. Excellent communications skills – verbal and written/documentation. Very pleasant demeanor and a strong team player.”
– SUNDEEP, SR TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER at NVIDIA, AUTOMOTIVE SW
Robert is an exceptional engineer. I’ve worked with him in various capacities and have always found him to be thoughtful and creative in tackling the most difficult problems. He can be trusted to deliver quality solutions in a timely manner and with minimal direction. He has a well deserved reputation as one of the strongest engineers in the organization. On a personal level, Robert very easy to work with and patiently provides assistance whenever asked. He’s an amazing resource on a variety of topics and I’ll never hesitate to approach him with questions.”
– MARK, AOS-CX PROGRAM MANAGER at ARUBA

“I worked with Robert on a number of projects in the Jetdirect Networking division at Hewlett-Packard. I found Robert to be a very talented and innovative engineer. Besides being an excellent engineer in the “nuts and-bolts”aspects of designing technical solutions to real-world problems, he is also a strong champion of the customer experience and finds innovative solutions to customer problems. In short, Robert does a great job of understanding the customer (not just the technology) and then finds ways to make the technology easier for customers to use and understand. Robert is a great team player and it is truly a pleasure to work with him.”
– RICH, SR UX LEAD/ ARCHITECT

“Robert is one of the most productive software developers I’ve worked with in my career. He has a unique ability to solve difficult problems with a minimum of new code.”
– MARK, TEAM LEADER
“Robert is a very bright and hard working engineer. I would hire him in a second if I needed a top-notch SW development engineer. I highly recommend Robert.”
– TIM, CFO at BOWERS WEALTH MANAGEMENT
“Top notch, detailed oriented, attention to quality, easy and fun to work with.”
– PETER, OFFICE OF THE CTO, HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
“Robert is an incredibly capable engineer that can tackle any technical challenge he is presented with. He knows what tools are available to and will push the status quo to improve the effectiveness of any team he joins. Robert’s wealth of experience with hardware and software and enable him to contribute in multiple areas. He is creative and finds ways to work around challenging issues and keep projects on track or reduce risk through creating creative prototypes.”
– FRANK, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING at ARUBA
“I have worked with Robert for a number of years while I was in Technical Marketing. Robert was always a professional, and his technical abilities are top notch. And he was always easy to get along with, which I greatly appreciated. I would recommend Robert wholeheartedly.”
– TINA, CO-OWNER at CYBERTARY DOT COM
“Robert is one of the best and brightest engineers around. His skill set has tremendous breadth going from hardware up through high level software. When given a problem he works tirelessly to solve it, typically with very innovative solutions. I’ve seen him quickly prototype hardware to help develop and test software. This is the sort of engineer managers enjoy having since he does not need any supervision to get the job done on time.”
– BALLARD, PRINCIPLE ENGINEER at QLOGIC
“Robert is an extremely talented engineer with the ability to abstract difficult concepts, and design elegant and effective solutions. He is always up to speed on industry trends and technologies and is a team player. He would be an invaluable addition to any organization.”
– BILL, HEWLETT-PACKARD
“Robert is a highly productive SW developer. At Seven Systems he wrote a Linux iSCSI target driver from early spec’s that was up, running, and reliable within just a few months. I was very impressed.”
– DOUG, COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROFESSIONAL