Rob Purser
Senior Development Manager, MATLAB Hardware Interfacing And IoT at MathWorks
Wayland, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolRob Purser is a senior development manager who blends product strategy, hardware interfacing and IoT engineering with proven people leadership across multi-site global teams. At MathWorks he grew and led a 40-person development organization, shepherded the ThingSpeak acquisition and scaled an eight-product portfolio from $7M to $12M while introducing maker-focused hardware support that broadened MATLAB’s reach in education. He builds high‑productivity cross‑functional teams, introduced industry best practices and an open source program office, and successfully transitioned operations to a remote model with improved productivity post-COVID. A hands-on technologist early in his career and an active contributor to ThingSpeak Arduino tooling, he pairs deep technical credibility with executive-level partnership and go-to-market experience.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BS, BS at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Github Skills (9)
iot10
embedded10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
sys10
arduino10
esp826610
api6
logging6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mathworks/thingspeak-arduino
Jul 2015 - Jan 2016
ThingSpeak Communication Library for Arduino, ESP8266 and ESP32
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 15 commits, 3 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Rob focused on enhancing the ThingSpeak Arduino library, incorporating features like ESP8266 support and improving functionality for IoT devices. They added a timeout mechanism to handle server responses and fixed parsing issues, ensuring more reliable data transmission. Significant revisions and documentation updates finalized the library's initial release, improving usability.
arduinoesp32esp8266
mathworks/toolboxdesign
May 2023 - Oct 2025
Best practices for creating high-quality and user-friendly MATLAB toolboxes, including recommendations for file organization, testing, and releasing the toolbox.
Contributions:2 releases, 7 reviews, 7 PRs in 2 years 5 months
matlabtesting
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