# Rob Sandie

> Rob Sandie is the co-founder and CEO of vidIQ, which provides YouTube growth tools, analytics, education, and coaching. A Lehigh University computer science and business graduate and former offensive lineman, he previously co-founded Viddler and worked at Macromedia. His career spans video hosting, audience development, and expanding access to creator support.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at vidIQ
- **Organizations:** vidIQ, Viddler, Macromedia
- **Education:** B.S., Computer Science & Business, Lehigh University, De La Salle High School
- **Known for:** Co-founded Viddler and vidIQ., Led vidIQ as it expanded from YouTube optimization tools into coaching and creator education., Listed a video overlay and tagging patent, US8392821B2, issued March 5, 2013, on his LinkedIn profile.

## Career timeline

- **2004** — Listed as a senior offensive lineman, jersey number 78, on Lehigh’s football roster.
- **2005** — Worked at Macromedia and co-founded Viddler.
- **2011** — Departed Viddler’s operating leadership involuntarily; said he remained a board member.
- **2012** — Co-founded vidIQ; identified 2012 as the start year in his public AMA.
- **2013** — Announced vidIQ’s emergence from beta on February 26 and spoke at Streaming Media East in May.
- **2016** — Hosted a Reddit AMA and reported vidIQ had passed 400,000 YouTubers.
- **2022** — vidIQ acquired Tim Schmoyer’s Video Creators agency.
- **2023** — vidIQ launched its one-on-one creator coaching effort on July 10, according to Schmoyer.
- **2024** — vidIQ announced its acquisition of Creator Now on January 24.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Viddler and vidIQ.
- Led vidIQ as it expanded from YouTube optimization tools into coaching and creator education.
- Listed a video overlay and tagging patent, US8392821B2, issued March 5, 2013, on his LinkedIn profile.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — vidIQ’s public help center lists Sandie as author of its January 7 password-reset guide.
- **2025-07** — Tim Schmoyer described Sandie’s challenge to scale individual YouTube coaching and reflected on two years of the coaching program.
- **2024-01** — Welcomed the Creator Now acquisition and collaboration with Eric Decker (Airrack), Zack Honarvar, and Kate Ward in a public LinkedIn post.

## Links

- Website: http://www.robertsandie.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertsandie
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/sandieman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rob.sandie

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Last updated: 2026-10-12