# Mickey Barboi

> TLM at Waymo

Location: Denver, Colorado, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/mickeybarboi

I get out of bed in the morning to build things. In my work, that translates to tech, team, and product. I'm currently helping to improve the Waymo driver.

## Work Experience
### Tech Lead/Manager, Staff Software Engineer @ Waymo
Jan 2021 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States
I lead a program at Waymo which is responsible for encoding Waymo's understanding of good driving for use across onboard and offboard components.

### Senior Software Architect @ The Toro Company
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Longmont, Colorado, United States
Developed offboard systems for autonomous mowing. Joined Toro upon acquisition of Left Hand Robotics.

### Director of Software Engineering @ Left Hand Robotics
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | Longmont, Colorado
Acquired by Toro. Joined as the third employee to help create the first commercial snow clearing and mowing robot. 

Built and led a cross-functional team responsible for user-facing applications, infrastructure, services, tooling, security, high-level robot behavior, path planning, and software distribution. I was also involved with strategic planning, product development, user training, and pitching for financing and acquisition.

### Software Engineer @ Paradrop
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Madison, Wisconsin Area
Paradrop developed a platform for edge computing applications centered on a smart router.

### Cofounder @ Exis Platform
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Madison, Wisconsin Area
Exis built a networking solution and PaaS for distributed, event-driven, hybrid applications. I led a cross-functional team responsible for technical implementation, product development, and customer development.

### Cofounder @ Iron Ether
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Madison, Wi
Iron Ether was a bootstrapped startup that built a point-of-sale application for boat dealerships.

### Cofounder @ Drivesense
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Madison, Wisconsin Area
Commercialized research for detecting and rating driving behavior on mobile phones.

### iOS Developer @ Hardin Design and Development
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Madison, Wisconsin Area
Developed mobile apps from contract specs for clients including Culvers, Cargill, and CUNA Mutual.


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
University of Wisconsin-Madison

### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Computer Science
University of Wisconsin-Madison


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/barboi

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Last updated: 2026-03-23