A Santa Cruz native, Lyle Troxell is a self taught software engineer.
Most of his eight year tenure at Netflix has been working on the iOS app helping to launch Branching Narrative shows and other interactive experiments. He spent some time working on Studio tools and now works on Animation tools for Artists.
Lyle hosted and produced an international software conference called JS.everywhere(2012) San Jose & Paris and then JS.everywhere(2013) on Treasure Island in San Francisco.
Lyle has 20 years of radio interview experience and currently hosts four podcasts: GeekSpeak, Lunch with Lyle, The Important Thing, and WeAreNetflix.
Lyle lives in the Santa Cruz mountains with his wife Maggi, their three teenage kids, and two dogs. Lyle is a 'maker' using wood and steel.