Rob Heittman
Chief Technology Officer at Solertium Corporation
Orlando, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRob Heittman is a seasoned technology leader and CTO with over three decades of software experience and 18 years in senior roles, currently guiding Solertium to deliver web and mobile apps for mission-driven organizations. A co-founder and entrepreneur since the 1990s, he has built products and teams that reach millions yearly while prioritizing simplicity, maintainability, and readable, testable code. He combines hands-on full-stack development with architecture and product strategy, favoring RESTful designs, DRY principles, and pragmatic use of domain-specific languages. An active advocate for open source, consumer rights, and transparency, he contributed to the influential Restlet Java framework—improving its GWT integration and client-side tooling. Based in Orlando, he treats every engagement as a teaching opportunity, blending mentorship with continual learning.
18 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyGeorge Mason University
French
Github Skills (11)
application-framework10
app-framework10
javas10
web-framework10
rest-api10
gwt10
java10
salesforce-rest-api10
clientside9
servlet9
front-end-development9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
restlet/restlet-framework-java
Jan 2008 - Aug 2008
The first REST API framework for Java
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:27 commits in 6 months
Contributions summary:Rob primarily contributed to the GWT (Google Web Toolkit) extension of the Restlet framework, enhancing its ability to handle GWT hosted mode requests. Their work included creating a wrapper for the GWTShellServlet and making stylistic improvements to the code. Furthermore, they made modifications to the GWT client-side code. The user also performed refactoring, including changes to internal classes.
javarestrest-apiframeworkrestlet
AfESG/AED-Platform
Oct 2011 - Aug 2016
Contributions:1054 commits, 255 PRs, 239 pushes in 4 years 11 months
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