Black Ram Labs
Doing software right
Product and Performance Management Consulting plus Mobile and Embedded Software Development Services for Digital Sports Tech and Connected Devices.
Your ticket to building an effective and happy team that creates the products that customers want, by using the techniques that work; not making the same mistakes as everyone else.
Shaping your success
"They laugh at me because I am different; I laugh at them because they're all the same"
Kurt Cobain
Product
The industry experience to identify critical user expectations, easy wins, and potential stand out new features.
We provide Product Management.
Team
Get the best performance from your team by enabling each member to achieve their full potential.
We provide Performance Management.
Management
Adapting agile frameworks and automated tools to get the most out of your budget: time, resources and scope.
We provide Management Consulting.​
We're proud of our work.
"The only source of knowledge is experience"
Albert Einstein
I Know Mobile + Wireless.
I completed a 4 years Software Engineering degree at Curtin University. I've since spent the last 15 years working with mobile. I was responsible for the creation of the ANT in Android stack. I've built phone OS software and apps. I've built bike headunit software.
I Know People + Different Cultures.
I'm a traveller. A Couchsurfer. A host. A digital nomad that isn't very nomadic. My career has seen me based 6 years in Australia, 5 in North America and 4 in Europe (with some long stops in Japan and Indonesia).
Currently: Perth, Australia
I Know Sports + Structured Training.
I'm a runner, snowboarder/skier, paddle boarder, hiker, and primarily a mountain biker (I run Black Ram MTB Skills & Coaching). I take this seriously enough that it has taken me to the US and Canadian Rockies, and the French Alps. Strava will kill me.
I Know Getting Things Done.
I'm a natural leader. I've studied agile techniques (after a very non-agile start) and performance management. I've lead teams comprised entirely of interns and new graduates, or with every team member working in different locations.
The rest of the team
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts"
Aristotle
THE ANDROID APP & EMBEDDED DEVELOPMENT GURU.
Richard has seen it all: mobile OS development, safety critical systems (landing gear on the biggest passenger jets), and has published multiple personal and contracted Android apps to the Play Store.
A Bachelor of Engineering in Software Engineering from The University of Western Australia.
Rohan and Richard first worked together at Motorola in 2006.
Located: London, UK
Richard Hart
RJ Hart Software
THE NORDIC NRF & ANDROID PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT GURU.
Vipin has been building his reputation in the sports tech industry for a number of years.
A Masters in Computer Engineering from The University of Toronto.
A Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with Biomedical Engineering Specialization from the The University of Calgary.
Rohan and Vipin first worked together at Dynastream in 2010.
Located: Toronto, Canada
Vipin Bakshi
Yellow Fox Labs
WE ALL NEED HELP.
We have the industry connections and freelance developers on call who are able to provide assistance as needed.