Rob Harr
Founder President at FORGE
Dayton, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRob Harr is a seasoned software founder and leader based in Dayton, Ohio, with over 14 years building web-focused teams and client partnerships. He co-founded Sparkbox, serving as Founder & Vice President since 2010 and taking on the role of Founder & President in 2022 to guide operations, finances, and long-term growth. In addition to Sparkbox, he is a Partner at Upwell Consulting (since 2024) and previously held engineering and architecture roles at FORGE, LexisNexis, and Fidelity, giving him a strong blend of hands-on development and enterprise delivery. He leads Sparkbox's apprenticeship program to grow local talent and emphasizes education as a core driver of better Web and stronger client relationships. Rob is known for brutal honesty and plain speaking about the realities of pricing, operations, and scaling a services-based business.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
MIS, MIS at Wright State University
Github Skills (5)
css1
django1
python1
javascript1
front-end1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (4)
sparkbox/EE2-Gist-Plugin
Jul 2011 - Jul 2011
Contributions:3 commits in 2 days
sparkbox/standard
Oct 2012 - Nov 2012
How we work and best practices
Contributions:5 commits in 1 month
how-we-work
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