David McSweeney

About David McSweeney

Empathetic and emotionally intelligent leader combining deep architectural expertise with systems-level thinking. Passionate about excellence, driving transformation through hands-on architectural leadership and strategic technical implementation. Proven mentor and coach leading cloud platform development and IoT innovation from startup environments to global consumer robotics.Demonstrated success navigating organizational transformation, establishing industry-standard managed services models, and accelerating product velocity through strategic partnerships with OEM manufacturers and managed service providers.

Experience

1. Technical Director, Iot and Oem Partner Enablement

   iRobot

   Apr 2024 — Present

   Strategic leadership role created following Amazon/iRobot merger dissolution. Serve as design authority for IoT ecosystem, orchestrating execution through OEM manufacturers and managed service providers while leading creation of standardized mapping platform across consumer robotics.Key Achievements:• Strategic Transformation Leadership: Helped lead post-merger restructuring transition to managed services model for operational platform development, enabling iRobot engineers to focus on innovation and differentiation while maintaining platform stability and scalability. New operating model dramatically accelerated robot product velocity from one annual product release to eight new products introduced in 2025• OEM Partnership Strategy: Established collaborative framework with global OEM partners for custom robot design, validating capabilities and aligning technical standards. Led GeoJSON standardization enabling mapping-centric user experience and partner interoperability across 2025 product lines• Smart Home Leadership: Led strategic alignment sessions with partner teams coordinating roadmap planning. Delivered advanced cloud-to-cloud features for Alexa and Google Smart Home, including Matter integration across multiple device lines• Cross-Functional Team Leadership: Manage specialized team across data science, engineering, and IoT development, fostering innovation culture while ensuring delivery of core features through hybrid internal/external resource model• Design Authority & Standards Governance: Establish technical guardrails (security, protocols, data formats, quality standards) and define solution architecture across devices, cloud, mobile, and data components for OEM and managed service partners

Education

• Brown University

  BSEE, Engineering

  1983 — 1987

Skills

• Training
• Embedded Software
• Video Conferencing
• Restful Webservices
• C++
• Leadership
• Engineering
• Software Engineering
• Tcp/Ip
• Telecommunications
• Embedded Systems
• Software Project Management
• Digital Media
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Integration
• Strategic Partnerships
• Agile Methodologies
• Strategy
• Management