Software Technology Operator
Rojar Smith
I build and lead high-performing software teams — and turn their work into 0 → 1 businesses. Ten-plus years pairing hands-on software depth with go-to-market and commercial strategy across AI, cloud, embedded and Web3.
[email protected]github.com/rojarsmithTaiwan · open to relocation
- 10+
- Years shipping software & products
- US$5M
- New business built from 0 → 1
- NT$1B
- Blocked order rescued & shipped
- 1
- Granted patent
Builds the team, wins the market
I’m Rojar — a software technology operator with 10+ years across software development and market research. My edge is running both sides at once: I build and grow high-performing engineering teams, and I turn what they ship into businesses. I’ve taken two software businesses from the ground up, own strategy and execution from 0 → 1, and understand the architecture and markets of AI and cloud deeply enough to bet on them. I’m equally at home in a codebase, a partnership negotiation and a boardroom risk review.
Open to VP / Head of Engineering, Engineering Director and Technical GM roles — leading the software team and the business behind it. Remote or relocation.
Outcomes, quantified
0 → 1 business builder
Founded and led the company’s first digital-transformation deal — US$5M in total turnover — turning a cold idea into a signed, shipping product line.
Cloud & embedded at scale
Took the Bitdove OTA platform from zero to production on Eclipse hawkBit and STM32 MCUs, delivering firmware and software updates over the air.
AI & strategic partnerships
Planned AI/LLM products with integrated payments, and forged a strategic partnership with CyberLink to bring FaceMe face-recognition to market.
The billion-NT$ rescue
Unblocked the single largest order of 2021–2022 — roughly NT$1B — by driving the team to resolve a critical software defect that had stalled shipment.
Business impact the C-suite feels
Delivered marketing risk analysis to the CEO that cut cost by more than US$1M, and lifted the company P/E ratio 20%+ with a technology-marketing roadmap.
Global-award engineering
Won the company’s first system-level ODM order for a new business, and helped a European customer take home a CES 2018 Innovation Award.
A decade of shipping and leading
- 2017 — Present
Project & Product Manager · Senior Consultant
Enterprise software & hardware group- Build software businesses from 0 → 1: AI/LLM products, the Bitdove cloud OTA platform, e-commerce (elecdove.com) and a Web3 DeFi venture.
- Own strategy and execution end to end — market research, partnerships, roadmap and the engineering delivery behind it.
- Secured the company’s first system-level ODM order and rescued its largest order (≈NT$1B) of 2021–2022.
- 2015 — 2016
Senior Software Engineer
Delta Electronics- Technology evangelist for an automation software toolchain adopted across product teams.
- Delivered motion-control software for industrial machines (packing, wire-wrapping).
- 2014
Senior Software Engineer
Polarlink- Built an optical-fibre network monitoring system.
- 2012 — 2014
System Analyst
Pegatron- Analysed weak points in the global warranty system and delivered the improvement strategy that hardened it.
- 2011 — 2012
Project Software Engineer
MES project · Qualcomm new fab- Delivered the MES (manufacturing execution) system for Qualcomm’s new factory.
- 2010 — 2011
Senior Software Engineer
Simplo Technology- Automated development workflows for the battery-module industry.
- 2007 — 2010
Software Engineer · Team Lead
InfoChamp- Led a small team automating development for the steel industry — first taste of shipping and leading at once.
Technology & leadership stack
- Java
- C++
- C
- TypeScript
- Python
- React
- Next.js
- Web3 / dApp
- Spring Boot Cloud
- Node.js
- Nginx
- Eureka
- Kafka
- MySQL
- PyTorch
- LLM
- STM32 MCU
- Eclipse hawkBit (OTA)
- Bitcoin
- Ethereum
- DeFi
- Software team leadership
- Team building & mentoring
- 0 → 1 product
- Go-to-market strategy
- Partnerships & BD
- Commercial strategy
Products I’ve built
Bitdove ↗
A complete OTA (over-the-air) solution that updates software and firmware faster and more reliably. Built on Eclipse hawkBit with a live demo on STM32H7B3I-EVAL.
elecdove.com ↗
An e-commerce platform taken from concept to launch.
Airow
A cloud service designed for high consistency, availability and partition tolerance.
Web3 DeFi
A decentralized-finance venture spanning smart contracts, dApp frontends and on-chain tooling.
Education & recognition
Education
M.S. · National University of Kaohsiung · 2009 – 2011
B.S. · Feng Chia University · 2002 – 2006
Patent
TWM595256U · Intelligent gesture recognition (Taiwan utility model)
Let’s build something worth shipping.
If you’re hiring for engineering leadership or technical product, I’d love to talk.