Principal Consultant Rob Hughes

Hi, I'm your software developer,
Rob Hughes.

Unlock your full potential with expert software consulting services

How I can help your business

01

User experience (UX) 👩🏽‍💻

I have worked with product owners, UX designers and business units to design great user experiences and build and design elegant user interfaces to support those experiences. One of my specializations is custom animations and visualizations.

My best tool for UX development is empathy. I walk in the shoes of customers using the service while seeing from their perspective, and as a result I often make improvements that others miss. Another tool for great UX is data. Testing with focus groups and beta testers usually challenges assumptions that are roadblocks to great UX, and clickstream data usually tells a compelling user experience story.

02

Web applications 📱

While websites are mostly informational, web applications actually do useful things, like help your business with email, social media, project management, accounting and more. You are probably already using gerneral-purpose web apps today. I can create custom web applications for your organization to create new and compelling services or improve efficiency and save costs.

A great feature of web applications is that they can be embedded inside Android and iOS apps, and I have been embedding web in mobile apps for years. Some platforms like Quasar allow writing apps once and deploying to web, Android, iOS and Windows natively at the same time.

I can cover the full web application stack, including UI/UX, servers and databases. Experiences can be optimized to work well on desktop, mobile and tablet.

03

Search engine optimization (SEO) 📈

Smaller businesses and non-profits suffer for lack of exposure and awareness. I love helping underdogs succeed, and the best way I know to do that besides social media is search engine optimization (SEO).

A former client asked me to de-tune their SEO because I improved their organic search results so much that they were getting more contacts than they could handle! Let me know if "too many contacts" is a problem you want to have. 😊 I use state of the art tools and an ethical, organic and holistic approach to SEO. It's more work for your organization and mine, but the results are worth it.

04

Snowflake data platform ❄️

As a certified Snowflake SnowPro, I can help develop your data warehouses, datalakes and lakehouses. The Snowflake platform is the most scalable solution I've worked with, and is a good choice for any size organization, large or small.

Snowflake excels in data governance and data sharing both internally and externally. There are many tools to control who sees and does just about everything.

Another advantage of Snowflake is the truely vast ecosystem. Snowflake connects and works with just about everything that matters. Integration, machine learning, AI, business intelligence, app development and more are all possible within Snowflake.

05

Artificial intelligence (AI) 🤖

I invested seven months to master artificial intelligence from an industry-leading AI professor, and I have a certificate in AI and Machine Learning from Caltech.

I can build deep learning models from scratch or pull ready-made models off the shelf to meet your needs, but most of my AI experience is with computer vision and structured data. My vision is to bring custom AI solutions to smaller teams, allowing you to gain actionable insight into your own data. AI is not out of reach - let's dream big together.

AI on the Snowflake data platform is a powerful and relatively inexpensive combination!

06

Video streaming & media technologies ▶️

One of my specialties is designing and implementing high-quality video streaming solutions and remote camera controls, delivering seamless and interactive media experiences to users.

Digital video and audio can be complex, but I have deep domain knowledge of live streaming and playback of recorded video and audio. I have worked with various streaming technologies such as MSE and HLS, and the codecs H.264, Opus, PCM and G.711. I even created a tool to analyze MP4 contianers at the most detailed and granular level, allowing me to provide feedback even to digital camera chip manufacturers.

If you are doing out-of-the-box projects with digital media on web, Android or iOS - I can help you.

07

Onshore and offshore partners 🌎

I have great and experienced partners both onshore (based in the United States with U.S. workers) and offshore (overseas with international workers). We can tap either one to build out your new team, on a temporary or longer-term basis.

08

IoT integrations 📟

Unlock the potential of IoT devices with my expertise in communicating with devices - creating real-time, intelligent systems that add value to your products and services. One of the biggest challenges in working with Iot devices is working with unreliable and slow networks, but there are protocols and design patterns that help smooth the journey.

09

Innovative architecture and design 📐

Leverage over a decade of experience in building scalable, reliable systems that grow with your business. I have designed multi-tenant, internationalized architectures supporting 19 languages with a focus on code reusability and maintainability.

I design and build with telemetry in mind, allowing app health and performance to be monitored in real-time and over time to track key performance indicators (KPIs).

About me...

As a Senior Software Architect and consultant, I specialize in transforming complex technical challenges into seamless, user-friendly products that exceed expectations. Whether you're developing a video streaming solution, integrating IoT devices, or optimizing performance across web and mobile platforms, I bring deep expertise and a strategic mindset to solve your most pressing problems.

I was on the team that invented the Wi-Fi camera industry, and the platform we built powers Chamberlain Group's video services today. If you have a garage door opener and live in North America, chances are you already have a product that I worked on. Today, the myQ app has over 10 million users.

My clients have been in the government, non-profit and for-profit sectors. I built projects small and large - dynamic web content for a frozen yogurt shop and a language translation management app for a $700 million organization.

Connect with me on LinkedIn.

 

Partners

If you need help with digital marketing, design or branding, see my friend at Ultra Creative Group.

For Triple Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), DevOps/DataOps automation, Big Data and larger UI projects, see the geeks at TaylorMade Software.