Rob Flaherty
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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RockstarRob Flaherty is a digital product consultant with 16 years of experience helping media companies define strategy, design, and build sustainable digital products using Lean principles. Based in New York, he has led interactive and digital product teams at Summit Business Media and Summit Professional Networks, translating editorial needs into user-centered product roadmaps. He pairs hands-on front-end engineering experience—contributing to notable open-source utilities like a jQuery annotated source and a Google Analytics scroll-depth plugin—with product leadership, ensuring technical decisions serve business outcomes. As a founder and frequent implementer of lightweight processes, he focuses on practical documentation, measurable analytics, and cross-functional collaboration. Clients benefit from his blend of design sensibility, technical fluency, and a track record of improving developer usability and analytics instrumentation behind the scenes.
16 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (6)
javascript10
google-tag-manager10
front-end-development10
jquery10
google-analytics10
documentation10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
robflaherty/jquery-annotated-source
Aug 2011 - Dec 2022
jQuery Annotated Source
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:25 commits, 1 push in 11 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Rob's commits primarily involve modifications and additions to the documentation of the jQuery library. The changes range from initial preparation tasks, such as converting tabs to spaces, to more involved documentation enhancements using Docco. The commits clearly focus on improving the readability and accessibility of the jQuery source code for other developers. These changes directly enhance the usability and understandability of the library.
jquery
robflaherty/scroll-depth
Apr 2012 - Nov 2020
Google Analytics plugin to track visitor scroll depth
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:8 releases, 144 commits, 15 PRs in 8 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Rob primarily contributed to the front-end functionality of the scroll-depth plugin. Their work involved adding a test page, implementing a minified version of the plugin, and incorporating browser support information into the README. Changes also included fixing issues with the 100% scroll event on iOS, and implementing features like Google Tag Manager support and user timing data.
google-analytics
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