Rob Blau
Director Of Engineering at MILKBAR SOFTWARE, LLC
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolRob Blau is a seasoned engineering leader and founder with 15 years of hands-on experience and two decades influencing media and entertainment technology. Currently Director of Engineering at Autodesk and founder of MILKBAR SOFTWARE, he blends product ownership and technical execution to build large-scale developer and production tooling. His work driving ShotGrid’s APIs, Toolkit platform, and integrations delivered measurable growth (50% YoY in paying Toolkit users) while introducing practices like dual-track agile, feature flags, and product analytics. Former CTO and VP of Engineering at Rhumbix and senior pipeline roles at Laika and DreamWorks reflect deep expertise in production tracking, asset management, and pipeline automation. An MIT M.Eng in Math & CS and practical open-source contributions to a Python API for Flow production tracking underscore his preference for eliminating drudgery through robust automation. He’s equally comfortable shipping code, shaping product strategy, and scaling cross-functional teams focused on creative workflows.
15 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
M.Eng, Mathematics and Computer Science, M.Eng, Mathematics and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (15)
authentication10
user-authentication10
api10
python10
apidoc10
pytest9
testing9
maya6
aws-lambda6
cors6
3dsmax6
shotgun6
amazon-web-services6
auth6
alternating6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
shotgunsoftware/python-api
Jan 2013 - Apr 2016
A Python-based library for accessing Flow Production Tracking API.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 11 commits, 3 PRs in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Rob primarily contributed to the backend functionality of the Python API library. They implemented features for user authentication using login/password credentials, enhancing the API's security and accessibility. Their work included modifications to the user-agent handling, adding methods to customize the user-agent string for tracking purposes. Additionally, the user addressed bug fixes related to authentication and made version updates to the library.
apipythonapi-basedshotgrid
shotgunsoftware/objc-api
Jun 2011 - Aug 2011
Contributions:31 commits in 2 months
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