Rob Hebel
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRob Hebel is a seasoned electrical engineer and project manager with four decades of industrial experience delivering safe, compliant, and on-time electrical and automation projects across hazardous locations, arc flash compliance, and multi-million-dollar plant expansions. He specializes in short-term contract engagements where deep technical leadership is needed without adding permanent overhead, often rescuing troubled projects or providing targeted design and execution expertise. Rob’s background spans hands-on roles in steel manufacturing, vehicle development, and engineering firm leadership, giving him a rare blend of field-tested maintenance, systems engineering, and project delivery skills. He emphasizes practical, cost-effective solutions over billable hours and consistently focuses on safety and regulatory compliance. Based in the Greater Chicago Area, Rob also contributes to front-end open source development—adding navigational indicators to a popular React carousel—illustrating a continued curiosity for modern software tools that complement his engineering work. Collected experience from shop floor to senior management makes him adept at translating complex technical requirements into auditable, buildable outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at DePaul UniversityEE, EE at Valparaiso Technical Institute
assembler, fortran, "c", basic.
Github Skills (5)
javascript10
react10
carousel-slider9
cypress8
jestjs8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
brainhubeu/react-carousel
Jan 2018 - Apr 2021
A pure extendable React carousel, powered by Brainhub (craftsmen who ❤️ JS)
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:19 releases, 7 reviews, 171 commits in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Rob contributed to the React carousel component by adding indicator functionality. The changes involved creating and integrating a `CarouselIndicators` component, adding dots for navigation. Further commits involved merging branches, adding props like `draggable`, and making changes in example files for the dots and arrows pages. Tests were added to regression and unit testing files.
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brainhubeu/brainhubeu.github.io
Feb 2018 - Apr 2020
Contributions:37 commits, 11 PRs, 13 pushes in 2 years 2 months
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