Jeff Bush

Jeff Bush has an extensive work experience in the technology industry. Jeff worked as a Project Lead at X, the moonshot factory, where they conceived and founded a new moonshot, obtained funding, and devised business and technical strategies. Jeff also held the role of Machine Learning Lead/Rapid Evaluator, where they initiated and pitched multiple moonshot projects, prototyped hardware and software proofs of concepts, and designed experiments and trained machine learning models. Additionally, at X, they served as a Software Lead for Project Amber.

Prior to their time at X, Jeff worked at Google as a Software Engineering Manager, leading embedded Android Automotive software engineering. During their tenure, they grew the organization from a small project to a team of 40 people. Jeff also drove engineering collaboration with Volvo, resulting in the demonstration of Android Auto running on Volvo head units at Google I/O 2018.

Before Google, Jeff worked at Roku Inc. as the Director of RokuOS Software, where they headed engineering and QA teams for user interface, SDK frameworks, media, systems software, and customer engineering. Jeff played a significant role in the rewrite of the UI framework (SceneGraph) for the release of Roku 3.

Jeff's previous experience includes roles at Palm as the Director of Media & Graphics Software, where they were responsible for heading multiple teams and shipping the 1.0 release of webOS. Jeff also worked at Apple as a Senior Manager/Tech Lead, where they defined the cellular software architecture for iOS, oversaw the implementation of GPS support, and managed the baseband stack vendor.

In the early stages of their career, Jeff worked at Danger as the Manager of Firmware Engineering and as a Software Engineer, contributing to the development of the T-mobile sidekick and designing and coding various software components. Jeff also worked at Be Inc. as a Software Engineer, where they contributed to the development of the MediaPlayer application and worked on the audio/video codec framework.

Jeff's first job in the industry was at Haushahn Inc (now Provia) as a Software Engineer, where they designed and implemented components of a large warehouse management system.

Overall, Jeff Bush has a diverse range of experience in various aspects of software engineering and project leadership, with a strong track record of innovation and successful project execution.

Jeff Bush obtained a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Grand Valley State University in 1997. The specific start year of their education is not mentioned.