[1] He graduated magna cum laude with a double major in computer science and mathematics from the University of Maryland, College Park.

At Carnegie Mellon University, he worked on the network attached secure disks project,[2] before he went on to earn his PhD in computer science.

In 2004, as a Google engineering director, he launched and led their Tokyo research and development center.

The Foundation funds the same causes that Gobioff himself supported and awards grants and microgrants in the fields of arts and human rights.

[9] Among other initiatives, the Gobioff Foundation supported the Think Small to Think Big arts microgrant program in Tampa, Florida, which funded nearly 50 projects in the fields of dance, theater, installation, performance, sculpture, painting, jazz, punk rock, film, and digital art between 2011 and 2014.