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rubin at 2008 google developer day in japan chappaqua , new york , united states andy rubin 2008 google developer day in japan - andy rubin.jpg andy rubin
 andrew e. rubin computer programmer
andy rubin

andrew e. `` andy '' rubin is the co-founder and former ceo of both danger inc. and android inc. .
he was senior vice president of mobile and digital content at google until march 2013 , where he oversaw development of android , an open-source operating system for smartphones .
rubin has seventeen patents for his inventions .
on 13 march 2013 , larry page announced in a blog post that andy rubin had moved from the android division to take on new projects at google .
he was replaced by sundar pichai , who now serves as google 's ceo .
on 30 october 2014 he left google after nine years at the company to start an incubator for hardware startups .
