Rob Galanakis
Cofounder at WebhookDB
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolRob Galanakis is a seasoned software leader and cofounder based in Portland, Oregon, with 14 years of experience transforming organizations, shipping scalable web applications, and rebuilding legacy systems into testable, maintainable platforms. He blends hands-on engineering (Ruby, Go, Python, C#/.NET, JS, SQL) with strong delivery practices—an evangelist of eXtreme Programming, TDD, pair programming, relentless automation, and Lean principles—to create high-performing, equitable teams. As CTO/cofounder at multiple startups and Principal at Lithic Technology, he has led large rewrites, introduced rigorous engineering standards, and mentored engineering cultures that reduced turnover and raised productivity. His open-source work includes meaningful backend and API improvements to ForceCLI, adding pagination, extensible HTTP types, and bulk API support—illustrating his focus on practical, integrable tooling. Unusually, he measures success not just by products shipped but by the lasting positive impact on customers and colleagues, from coaching junior hires to personally fostering inclusive culture.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BFA Computer Graphics, BFA Computer Graphics at Pratt Institute
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Github Skills (13)
salesforce-api10
api-rest10
rest-api10
go10
api10
apidoc10
api-design10
restful-api10
user-authentication9
authentication9
http9
xml8
testing8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
ForceCLI/force
May 2020 - Jan 2022
A command-line interface to force.com
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & API Developer
Back-end Developer & API DeveloperContributions:11 reviews, 9 commits, 8 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Rob primarily refactored and extended the codebase, focusing on the `force.Query` package. Their work involved moving the querying functionality into a separate package, addressing pagination issues, and adding support for HTTP callbacks to allow more control over the HTTP response body. Additionally, they improved the HTTP request/response system with the addition of extensible request and response types and integrated a session refresh function for authentication. They also improved bulk API integration.
command-line-interface
ridethebikebus/bikebuspdx
Jan 2024 - Mar 2026
Site for bikebuxpdx.org
Contributions:22 PRs, 53 pushes, 26 branches in 2 years 1 month
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