Robert Brewin

Who is Robert Brewin?

Robert Brewin is a Sun Distinguished Engineer and CTO for Software

at Sun Microsystems. His responsibilities include technical leadership

for developer products and application platforms, including the Java

platform, mobility, enterprise software and business integration

products. Within this role, some of his key areas of responsibility

include Sun's expanding role in the development of Web 2.0

technologies, improving the developer experience, and alignment and

integration of our platforms, technologies and tools.Bob brings

his extensive customer and developer-focused experience to bear as

prior to taking on this new role, he was the chief architect for Sun's

developer tools portfolio, where he was a principal driver behind a

number of key initiatives and projects. These included strategic

enhancements to the award-winning NetBeans IDE, architectural changes

and alignment of the Studio family of tools and add-ons with NetBeans

and as the visionary behind the design, creation and delivery of the

revolutionary Java Studio Creator product. Prior to joining Sun

approximately 13 years ago, Bob worked at Taumetric Corporation, a

leading supplier of compiler technology.