Summary
Rob Hatcherson is a veteran Chief Software Architect with over four decades of professional software experience and a foundation in aerospace and ocean engineering from Virginia Tech. He has led and built Java/OpenGL-based flight simulation frameworks (notably ZedaSoft's Container-Based Architecture) while still shipping hands-on code and tooling, and he maintains deep C++ and legacy Fortran roots from early aerospace work. Passionate about marrying aviation, graphics, math and physics, he also explores emerging ideas like graph databases and declarative runtime composition. Known for operating decisively as a leader, follower, or individual contributor, he thrives on technically aggressive teams willing to try bold ideas. Based in Fort Worth, he combines systems-level vision and developer empathy, still writing elegant code despite a long career.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BS Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, BS Aerospace and Ocean Engineering at Virginia Tech