Rob has always been interested in computers, and remembers first attempting programming a hangman game on an Apple IIE in grade school. He has over 15 years of software development experience using Java / Spring, primarily in the transportation and defense industries. He prides himself as being able to solve complex software problems, while also being able to lead small teams of developers. Rob has a wide range of project experience ranging from dynamic web applications to high volume message processing, to applying Big Data technologies for data pattern analysis.