Rob Barreca
Chief Technology Officer at Farm Link Hawai‘i
Waialua, Hawaii, United States
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Top SchoolRob Barreca is a mission-driven technology executive and founder who leverages 15+ years of full-stack engineering, product, and management experience to build software-powered food systems in Hawai‘i. As CTO of Farm Link Hawai‘i and former CEO of Local Orbit, he combines hands-on platform development with operational leadership to scale a marketplace that now supports 300+ local producers and integrates SNAP-EBT benefits. He previously led Sprout through acquisition and has a track record of founding and running farming ventures (Counter Culture Organic Farm, Hawaiʻi Banana Source), blending technical rigor with agribusiness know-how. Based in Waialua, he pairs a BA in Math/CS from UC San Diego and practical commercial farming training with an uncommon ability to translate farmer needs into resilient software and distribution solutions.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
AgPro Certificate Commercial farming, AgPro Certificate Commercial farming at GoFarm Hawai‘iUniversity of California, San Diego
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (82)
orbit10
shopify10
agriculture10
linux9
sdk9
javascript-client9
online-store9
ruby9
exe9
bash9
recaptcha9
ecommerce9
polaris9
rails9
django8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
farmlinkhawaii/dawn
Mar 2024 - Jun 2024
Shopify's first source available reference theme, with Online Store 2.0 features and performance built-in.
Contributions:4 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
farmlinkhawaii/dbt-attribution-playbook
Nov 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes in 1 day
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