Rob Phillips

Hi, I'm Rob &

I β™₯ to build the future

πŸ“±πŸ«€ first hire & VP for cofounder of Siri / early Viv.ai

founder
product manager
engineer
designer
advisor
leader

Why you should work with me

Stephanie Heath

Stephanie Heath

Founder Soulwork

Rob was probably the most influential person at Keepsafe and for good reason. He seemed to be everywhere. Always assisting. Always providing value.

If there ever was such a 'thing' as a 1%'er employee - he would be it. You don't come across them often, if ever. He's worth his weight in gold. Make this man an offer. You need him.

Mark Mozolewski

Mark Mozolewski

AI/ML Riva & Viv

Rob is a true multidisciplinary leader who builds exceptional teams, products, and companies.

He invests in both the processes needed to build great teams and in people individually. Rob's technical and business acumen along with his humanity makes everyone who works with him want to invest in what he is building.

Daniel Shteremberg

Daniel Shteremberg

CTO Airtop.ai

Rob is truly one of the strongest engineers I've ever worked with. With Rob, not only do you get a superb engineer, but he delves deep into the product itself.

I'd consider Rob to be more of a PM/Designer/Engineer because he really has all skillsets. His level of empathy towards users is hard to find. He is also supremely kind.

Adam Cheyer

Adam Cheyer

Cofounder Siri

Rob Phillips is a fantastic person to work with and a world class developer.

He sweats the details, cares enormously about the user experience in an empathetic way, and writes well-tested code that delivers.

I highly recommend him and would jump at the opportunity to work with him again.

Philipp Berner

Philipp Berner

CTO Keepsafe

Rob is a great engineer with good product sense. But even more outstanding is his ability to maintain overview of what is happening, communicate effectively with the team and drive results.

I have not met someone who can articulate feedback as well as Rob. He tries to improve the entire org and offers his help along the way.

Scott Sperling

Scott Sperling

Dir. of Eng. Riva

Rob built the product, design, and engineering teams from scratch at Riva and has also been the #1 culture setter for the team by modeling collaboration and ensuring we stay mission-focused.

Rob is respected, liked, and accessible by all people in the company. People enjoy his leadership, respect his decisions, and value his input, even when they disagree with him.

Tim Eller

Tim Eller

Data Science Uber & Turo

Rob has been my most favorite PM to work with ever! Rob's real talent is recognizing team abilities & organizing them to:

a) continue to do what they do best;

b) are in a position to learn from their peers (largely from Rob himself);

c) have the freedom to make mistakes and learn from them; and

d) are happy.

Charlotte Sperling

Charlotte Sperling

UX/UI Design Riva

Rob dedicates himself to making the world a better place and has the skillset to pull it off. It's rare to come across someone who is not only a capable and brilliant leader, but a stellar human being.

Working for Rob, you aren't solely an asset or a cog in the machine. You're empowered to represent your unique point of view. His feedback is direct and honest, but delivered with kindness. He strives to both develop and learn from the people around him.

Stephanie Heath

Stephanie Heath

Founder Soulwork

Rob was probably the most influential person at Keepsafe and for good reason. He seemed to be everywhere. Always assisting. Always providing value.

If there ever was such a 'thing' as a 1%'er employee - he would be it. You don't come across them often, if ever. He's worth his weight in gold. Make this man an offer. You need him.

Mark Mozolewski

Mark Mozolewski

AI/ML Riva & Viv

Rob is a true multidisciplinary leader who builds exceptional teams, products, and companies.

He invests in both the processes needed to build great teams and in people individually. Rob's technical and business acumen along with his humanity makes everyone who works with him want to invest in what he is building.

Daniel Shteremberg

Daniel Shteremberg

CTO Airtop.ai

Rob is truly one of the strongest engineers I've ever worked with. With Rob, not only do you get a superb engineer, but he delves deep into the product itself.

I'd consider Rob to be more of a PM/Designer/Engineer because he really has all skillsets. His level of empathy towards users is hard to find. He is also supremely kind.

Adam Cheyer

Adam Cheyer

Cofounder Siri

Rob Phillips is a fantastic person to work with and a world class developer.

He sweats the details, cares enormously about the user experience in an empathetic way, and writes well-tested code that delivers.

I highly recommend him and would jump at the opportunity to work with him again.

Philipp Berner

Philipp Berner

CTO Keepsafe

Rob is a great engineer with good product sense. But even more outstanding is his ability to maintain overview of what is happening, communicate effectively with the team and drive results.

I have not met someone who can articulate feedback as well as Rob. He tries to improve the entire org and offers his help along the way.

Scott Sperling

Scott Sperling

Dir. of Eng. Riva

Rob built the product, design, and engineering teams from scratch at Riva and has also been the #1 culture setter for the team by modeling collaboration and ensuring we stay mission-focused.

Rob is respected, liked, and accessible by all people in the company. People enjoy his leadership, respect his decisions, and value his input, even when they disagree with him.

Tim Eller

Tim Eller

Data Science Uber & Turo

Rob has been my most favorite PM to work with ever! Rob's real talent is recognizing team abilities & organizing them to:

a) continue to do what they do best;

b) are in a position to learn from their peers (largely from Rob himself);

c) have the freedom to make mistakes and learn from them; and

d) are happy.

Charlotte Sperling

Charlotte Sperling

UX/UI Design Riva

Rob dedicates himself to making the world a better place and has the skillset to pull it off. It's rare to come across someone who is not only a capable and brilliant leader, but a stellar human being.

Working for Rob, you aren't solely an asset or a cog in the machine. You're empowered to represent your unique point of view. His feedback is direct and honest, but delivered with kindness. He strives to both develop and learn from the people around him.

Just a few of my interests

AI / ML

Automation

Creators

Productivity

Finance

Future of work

Companies I've helped build

GrowPilot

GrowPilot

Innerview

Innerview

Foho

Foho

Riva

Riva

Viv

Viv

(acq)

Keepsafe

Keepsafe

Luxe

Luxe

(acq)

Desiderata

Desiderata

(acq)

Currently:

  • β€’GrowPilot - automating SEO growth for busy founders
  • β€’Innerview - helping companies 10x their customer insights without 10x'ing their workload
  • β€’Foho - fully autonomous stock photo generator (powers GrowPilot's images)

Previously:

  • β€’As first hire for cofounder of Siri, I ran Riva (product, engineering, regulatory, security) from day one as a remote org. Within 3 months we had a blood pressure sensor prototype. Within 12 months we had secure infra and apps / HIPAA compliance, patient & ML training app, clinical care team of pharmacists & cardiologists, and web app for the care team to manage patients.
  • β€’I helped orchestrate a world-class engineering team to solve the world's largest health problem, with truly amazing sensor and patient management technology. Our work encompassed on-device ML, GPU-based transforms, digital signal processing, and lots of other fun technology!

A few of my designs

I've conducted & synthesized hundreds of user interviews, done both visual and UX software design, created hundreds of 3D models, and even designed magazines.

Venice
Old lady
Fastlane app
ChefBrain
GrowPilot landing page
Whetstone
iStat baseball
Innerview landing page
Eggspectations
Fastlane app
Stock photos
Rob Phillips
Fastlane icon
OG Innerview
OG GrowPilot
OG Fastlane
Scribo
Venice
Old lady
Fastlane app
ChefBrain
GrowPilot landing page
Whetstone
iStat baseball
Innerview landing page
Eggspectations
Fastlane app
Stock photos
Rob Phillips
Fastlane icon
OG Innerview
OG GrowPilot
OG Fastlane
Scribo

A few of my adventures

I've traveled the world twice (next time on a catamaran), swam with sea lions in the Galapagos Islands, lived with a family and studied Spanish in Costa Rica for 5 weeks, backpacked across Europe, dove with great white sharks in South Africa, saw the pyramids, spent the night in the middle of the Sahara desert, went on a safari in Kenya and saw a lion hunting its prey, went paragliding over the Swiss Alps, pet huge tigers and rode giant elephants in Thailand, drove more than 2,700 miles through New Zealand while living in a campervan, and learned French and fell in love in MontrΓ©al.

Acacia tree in Masai Mara
Cheetah hunting
Sahara desert
Colorful campervan
Stairs
Spider
Acacia tree in Masai Mara
Cheetah hunting
Sahara desert
Colorful campervan
Stairs
Spider