Andy Rubin

Andrew Rubin is a technology pioneer, co-founder and former CEO of both Danger Inc. and Android. He is currently Director of Mobile Platforms at Google, where he is reported to be overseeing the development of Android, an open-source operating system for smartphones.

Andy Rubin attended Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, NY Fact|date=November 2007. Rubin started as an engineer at Apple Inc.. He later worked at a spin-off General Magic, where he participated in developing Magic Cap, an operating system and interface for hand-held devices. When Magic Cap failed, Rubin joined Artemis Research, founded by Steve Perlman, which became WebTV and was eventually acquired by Microsoft. After several years, Rubin left to found Danger, Inc with Matt Hershenson and Joe Britt, which was later also acquired by Microsoft in February, 2008. Danger, Inc. is most notable for the Danger Hiptop (often branded as the T-Mobile Sidekick), which is a phone with PDA-like capabilities. Disillusionment with his ouster as CEO of Danger motivated him to found Android, which was later acquired by Google and led to Rubin's current position with the firm.

Andy earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science in 1986 from Utica College in Utica, New York.

References

*John Markoff, "I, Robot: the Man Behind the Google Phone", The New York Times, November 4 2007 [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/technology/04google.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp]

External links

* [http://edcorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=1146&author=46 Designing Products Your Customers Will Love"] , Andy Rubin speaks at Stanford University