Rob Barnes

Rob Barnes serves as the Vice President of Engineering at Budscout AI, Inc. since January 2022, focusing on innovative AI solutions for the cannabis industry. Prior experience includes roles at Google as a Customer Engineer in Retail, and a decade at Microsoft with titles such as Account Technology Strategist and Voice Technical Solution Professional. At Target, Rob managed client relationships and oversaw finances and team members related to 1400 Unix environments, while also directing architectural strategies for Network and Telephony Engineering. Earlier career highlights include positions as a Network Engineer at Voxpath Networks, where Rob engineered VPN architecture for VoIP offerings, and at Dantis, Inc., where network architecture for a web hosting startup was designed and managed.