Bob Ralian
Head Of Analytics at Automattic
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBob Ralian is a seasoned software leader and entrepreneur with 15 years of experience building consumer-facing web products and scaling engineering organizations. Currently Head of Analytics at Automattic, he drives strategy and consolidation for Parse.ly, WooCommerce Analytics, and Jetpack Stats while previously leading cross-company efforts like the Tumblr backend migration. He combines hands-on full-stack development (notably back-end REST API work in the widely-used Automattic/jetpack repo) with strong product and team management skills that have repeatedly reduced churn and accelerated revenue. Bob has founded and sold multiple companies, led payments, advertising, and core infrastructure initiatives at scale, and thrives on simplifying complex systems into slick experiences for millions of users. Comfortable translating between engineering and human needs, he’s often brought in as a “fixer” to tackle the hardest technical and product problems. Based in Austin, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with measurable results—like boosting domain revenue 40% and cutting subscription technical churn by a third.
15 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Hamilton High SchoolBA Economics Political Science and International Studies, BA Economics Political Science and International Studies at Northwestern University
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Github Skills (18)
json10
api-rest10
api-design10
restful-api10
wordpress10
php10
wordpress-plugin10
rest-api10
compression6
yui6
dom6
yaml6
css6
wmd6
jquery6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/jetpack
Feb 2014 - Feb 2017
Security, performance, marketing, and design tools — Jetpack is made by WordPress experts to make WP sites safer and faster, and help you grow your traffic.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:39 commits, 4 PRs, 6 pushes in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Bob primarily contributed to the REST API functionality within the Jetpack repository. Their commits focused on adding and modifying endpoints, including features for post restoration and permission checks. These changes involved updating the API response formats and adjusting the underlying PHP code to include capabilities and metadata. The user also addressed a typo and implemented the inclusion of sticky posts in the listing endpoint.
reactexpertswordpressphpsecurity
rralian/steckball-react
Nov 2015 - Dec 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 19 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year
college-footballpoolmeteorfootball
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