Andy Rubin
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Andrew E. Rubin is a technology pioneer, co-founder and former CEO of both Danger Inc., and Android Inc. He is currently Senior Vice President of Mobile at Google, where he oversees development of Android, an open-source operating system for smartphones.[1][2] Rubin has four patents for his inventions.
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[edit] Early life
"Rubin grew up in Chappaqua, NY, the son of a psychologist who later founded his own direct-marketing firm. His father's firm created photographs of the latest electronic gadgets to be sent with credit card bills, so Mr. Rubin’s bedroom was festooned with the latest devices."[3] He ran a computer bulletin board system in his youth.[4]
[edit] Education
- Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, NY 1977 - 1981.
- Utica College, Utica, New York Bachelor of Science degree in computer science 1981 - 1986.
[edit] Career
- Carl Zeiss AG, robotics engineer, 1986 - 1989.[3]
- Apple Inc., manufacturing engineer, 1989 - 1992.[3]
- General Magic, engineer, 1992 - 1995. An Apple spin-off where he participated in developing Magic Cap, an operating system and interface for hand-held mobile devices.[3]
- MSN TV, engineer, 1995 - 1999. When Magic Cap failed, Rubin joined Artemis Research, founded by Steve Perlman, which became WebTV and was eventually acquired by Microsoft.[3]
- Danger Inc., co-founder, 1999 - 2003. Founded with Matt Hershenson and Joe Britt. Firm is most notable for the Danger Hiptop, often branded as the T-Mobile Sidekick, which is a phone with PDA-like abilities. Firm was later acquired by Microsoft in February 2008.[3]
- Android Inc., co-founder 2003 - 2005.[3]
- Google, senior vice president, 2005 - present. In charge of Android.[3]
[edit] List of patents
Andrew Rubin (or as Andrew E. Rubin or Andy Rubin) is named as an inventor in four US Patents:
- U.S. Patent 6,701,522, Apparatus and method for portal device authentication, 2000 Apr 7, Assignee: Danger Inc.
- U.S. Patent 6,735,624, Method for configuring and authenticating newly delivered portal device, 2000 Apr 7, Assignee: Danger Inc.
- U.S. Patent 6,721,804, Portal system for converting requested data into a bytecode format based on..., 2000 Nov 15, Assignee: Danger Inc.
- U.S. Patent 7,960,945, Estimating remaining use time of a mobile device, 2011 Jun 14, Assignee: Google Inc.
[edit] References
- ^ Google's Rubin: Android 'a revolution'
- ^ Efrati, Amir (August 17, 2011), "The Man Behind Android's Rise", The Wall Street Journal, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904253204576512720214351098.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories
- ^ a b c d e f g h Markoff, John (4 November 2007). "I, Robot: The Man Behind the Google Phone". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/technology/04google.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all.
- ^ System 0perator Ducati (30 October 91). "Spies is shutting down because the time has come". Textfiles.com. Jason Scott. http://www.textfiles.com/bbs/arubin.txt.
[edit] External links
- "Designing Products Your Customers Will Love", Andy Rubin speaks at Stanford University
- "Android on the March", Financial Post September 17, 2010
- "Android Invasion", Newsweek October 3, 2010
