Rob Gietema is a Senior Full Stack Developer with 16 years of experience building web applications and Plone-based CMS solutions, currently contributing to the React-driven Volto frontend. He pairs deep JavaScript/React and Node skills with Python backend work, shipping UI improvements like navigation, table-of-contents, media tiles and authentication for notable open-source projects. As a consultant and freelancer he has delivered control panels, mobile apps and enterprise onboarding flows, while at kitconcept he focuses on Plone sites and add-ons. Parallel to tech leadership, Rob coaches and trains climbing instructors and runs outdoor programs, bringing practical people management and instructional design into his engineering practice. His background spans system administration, product management and long-term open source governance (Plone Foundation, UI and Framework teams), which informs a pragmatic, user-focused approach to UX and maintainability. Based in the UK (originally Brabantine region), he blends hands-on coding with field leadership—an uncommon mix that helps turn complex technical requirements into clear, usable products.
16 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Eindhoven University of Technology
High School, HAVO, High School, HAVO at Thomas a Kempis College
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen
High School, HAVO, High School, HAVO at Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag
React-based frontend for the Plone Content Management System
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:16 releases, 51 reviews, 570 commits in 6 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Rob's commits primarily focus on developing and enhancing the user interface of the Plone Volto frontend. They implemented features such as adding navigation links, creating a table of contents, and modifying the look and feel of the toolbar, indicating a focus on user experience. Additionally, the user made changes to the content creation and display, including the addition of image and video tile views, thus contributing to the functionality of the user interface. The user also worked on adding features such as user login authentication.
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
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Rob Gietema - Senior Full Stack Developer at Mountain Network