About Us

Robert Chambers - Founder & CEO

Robert studied Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Puget Sound before enlisting in the US Navy in 2003. Trained as an aviation electronics technician, he reported to the "World Famous BattleCats" of HSL-43¹ in San Diego, CA where he qualified as a Plane Captain, Avionics Troubleshooter, and Collateral Duty Inspector².

Promoted twice in his first two years, Robert was subsequently selected to the prestigious Seaman-to-Admiral 21 officer accession program. Although a medical issue prevented his completion of the program, Robert is proud to have been honorably discharged in 2007 having achieved the rate of AT2(AW)³.

After earning his private pilot certificate and spending two years as a Manufacturing Manager on Boeing's 747-8 program, Robert then landed at Horizon Air, Alaska Airlines' regional subsidiary. It was at Horizon that Robert — dissatisfied with Horizon's ground employee scheduling solution — wrote his first production software.

This tool, dubbed IRSDA⁴, leveraged the LAMP stack to provide a web portal where employees and supervisors could both engage in the robust shift bidding & trading economies popular at most airlines, and assign and monitor job assignments in real-time. IRSDA automated most of the decision-making driven by complex scheduling policies and improved the productivity of front-line employees, supervisors and administrative staff while almost eliminating cost-driving errors.

Robert deployed his software at Horizon's two biggest hubs (SEA & PDX) and supported its operation for over 5 years without a single operational disruption and a total of only 18 minutes unscheduled downtime.

Robert's success with IRSDA led to his promotion as a Project Manager within Horizon's Strategy & Analytics division where he was empowered to build more tools to enhance Horizon's already nation-leading operational excellence. In addition to coding, Robert worked on the operational analytics team and routinely advised the most senior leaders of the company.

With the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, Robert & his family decided to chart a new course, and he left Alaska Air Group to found Tin Geese LLC. In this new role, Robert continues to provide strategic advice and data-driven insights to leaders in the airline industry as well as seeking out and solving other problems that seem worthwhile. Robert is also pleased participate in the open source community.