Resume
Toby Tobkin
Coquitlam, BC / US Citizen / CAN Permanent Resident
> I'm a lifelong hacker and tech industry enthusiast who has made a lasting business impact on Google Cloud AI, won programming competitions, consulted for over one hundred organizations, spoken over one hundred times in a dozen countries, and reached millions of Reddit, LinkedIn, and Facebook users.
[2022-Present] Wellness & Life Break II > Coquitlam, BC
- Refocused on personal well-being and long-term professional objectives.
- Invested in a personal culture of continuous physical, mental, and spiritual growth.
- Authored , technology, and cultural commentary, achieving over two million unique engagements on LinkedIn, Reddit, and Facebook. This work shows my ability to connect with and influence diverse audience segments.
- Integrated past professional experience, attempted to launch a startup, (Python), launched a programming workshop, lobbied the Canadian government, and built efficient software development and content creation workflows.
[2022] Solutions Architect, Cresta > St Petersburg, FL
- Prepared demos, took customer meetings, and worked on Cresta's codebase.
[2021-2022] Wellness & Life Break I > St Petersburg, FL
- Resigned from Google to address burnout, depression, anxiety, and general malaise stemming from a lifelong emphasis on academics and work.
[2019-2021] Technical Solutions Consultant, Google Cloud AI Strategy Ops > Sunnyvale, CA
- Led foundational efforts in scaling Google's Contact Center AI from concept to production, collaborating across sales, engineering, marketing, and advocacy teams to drive strategic product initiatives.
- Through my 20% project with Google Assistant, I secured Google Contact Center AI's first publicly successful customer and established its technical pre-sales program.
- Induced market demand through over one hundred strategic talks, programming workshops, and pitches in a dozen countries.
- Presented at Google's Executive Briefing Center, Google Developer Group, Google's internal sales conference, industry conferences, and more venues.
- Utilized reasoning-based frameworks and technical insights to shape business strategy discussions, prioritizing stakeholder engagement and team achievements over personal accolades.
[2017-2019] Partner Technology Manager, Google Assistant > Mountain View, CA
- Assisted Google Assistant customers with designing, architecting, building, and launching Google Assistant applications.
- Conducted programming workshops and delivered booth talks at Google I/O.
- Started a 20% project marketing Google Assistant's developer platform, Dialogflow, to Google Cloud customers.
[2016-2017] Software Engineer, ThoughtWorks > New York & San Francisco [Photo]
- Assisted Hudson Bay Company in merging e-commerce codebases of their acquisition, Saks Fifth Avenue (Front-end, Java, Linux).
- Designed investment banking compliance software for Credit Suisse.
- Helped GAP Inc. migrate its e-commerce platform to microservices (Front-end, Node.js, Linux) and provided production support and bug fixes.
[2015] Product Manager Intern, Ericsson > San Jose, CA
- Performed various project management tasks for the product management team of IP Operating System.
[2014] MS Computer Science, University of Central Florida
- Studied more algorithms, architecture, and computing theory.
- Trivia: I was twenty-one when I earned my MS.
[2014] Software Engineer Intern, Ericsson > San Jose CA
- Offered an internship by the VP of engineering for Ericsson IP Operating System, following a debugger project in a multi-processor architecture course.
- Fixed race conditions and memory leaks in C.
[2013] Software Engineer Intern, Honda R&D > Marysville, OH
- Contributed to the design of the current-gen Honda Odyssey by helping my boss fork Android for its OS.
- Wrote the first version of the Bluetooth audio app and vehicle settings and wrote supplier specs.
- Trivia: This project originated from Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.
[2011-2013] BS Computer Science, University of Central Florida
- Completed a minor in Mathematics. Studied algorithms, single and multiprocessor architecture, compilers, computing theory, proofs, etc.
- Wrote an undergraduate thesis on using stochastic fuzzing for software testing.