Robert Romano
COO Co-Founder at Glidian
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolRobert Romano is a mission-driven engineering leader and serial founder with 13 years of experience building hardware and software products that simplify complex systems. As COO and Co‑Founder of Glidian, he combines deep technical chops in C++ and Python with operational rigor to tackle one of healthcare’s most broken workflows—prior authorizations—by integrating directly with payors to speed patient care. His background ranges from founding a consumer smart‑home company to building test robots and medical-robot motion systems at Apple and Johns Hopkins, reflecting a knack for turning ambiguous problems into pragmatic, tested solutions. He contributes to prominent open-source projects like Django REST Framework, focusing on authentication and robust backend features, underscoring his commitment to production-quality code. Trained through advanced degrees at Stanford and Johns Hopkins, Robert blends academic rigor with hands-on engineering and product instincts. Pragmatic and generous, he still prioritizes helping others and leverages cross-functional experience in UX, operations, and marketing to align technology with real-world outcomes.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Delaware Valley Regional High SchoolJohns Hopkins UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University
Github Skills (9)
unit-testing10
api-rest10
rest-api10
api10
rest10
python10
api-design10
restful-api10
django10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
encode/django-rest-framework
Nov 2012 - Dec 2015
Web APIs for Django. 🎸
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 1 PR in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Robert primarily contributed to the development of token-based authentication features within the Django REST Framework. Their work involved implementing login/logout views and associated serializers, along with unit tests to ensure functionality. They also updated URL patterns and made adjustments to the views based on feedback. Additionally, the user updated the code and tests.
djangopythonapirest
robromano/django-adminrestrict
Oct 2014 - Jul 2022
Block access to Django admin pages except for allowed IP addresses
Contributions:3 releases, 9 reviews, 87 commits in 7 years 11 months
django-admin
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