Rob Orton
Software Engineer at Blackthorn Software
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRob Orton is a seasoned software engineer with 14 years of experience building and supporting large-scale web applications, currently at Blackthorn Software after multi-year tenures at Lumio and Instructure. He progressed from technical support into senior engineering roles, giving him strong product empathy and a knack for translating customer needs into robust solutions. Comfortable across the full development lifecycle, he’s worked through company growth phases including IPOs and take-private transitions, which honed his ability to deliver in both fast-changing and stable environments. Based in Salt Lake City, he balances focused engineering with hands-on personal projects and a busy family life of three kids, and brings practical, steady leadership rooted in long-term product stewardship.
15 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bechelors Information Technology, Bechelors Information Technology at University of PhoenixThe University of Utah
Github Skills (31)
canvas-lms10
lms10
agentic9
linux9
bash9
zsh9
macos9
rust9
shell9
ad-hoc9
addon7
nodejs6
sqlite5
home-assistant5
zwave5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
roor0/drizzle-orm
Mar 2026 - Jun 2026
Contributions:1 PR, 6 pushes in 3 months
roor0/lunchbot
Apr 2026 - May 2026
Contributions:7 pushes in 1 month
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