Scott Robbin
Partner at Heidrick & Struggles
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
🤩
Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolScott Robbin is a Chicago-based executive with 16 years of experience leading client-facing and content-driven initiatives, now serving as a Partner at Heidrick & Struggles. He progressed through principal and engagement manager roles, bringing a blend of strategic advisory, programming of executive forums, and event production experience. Earlier in his career he ran content and programming teams and managed complex event logistics, giving him a rare combination of deal-facing leadership and operational rigor. He also contributes to open-source web projects, with front-end and full-stack work on well-known tools like the jquery-backstretch plugin and the Vapid CMS, highlighting a hands-on appreciation for UX, responsive design, and backend integrations. Comfortable in both high-touch executive search and technical problem-solving, he pairs relationship-building instincts with practical engineering sensibilities.
16 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Moses BrownColumbia University
Github Skills (22)
content-management-system10
cms10
javascript10
jquery10
back-end-development10
css10
responsive-design10
front-end-development10
nodejs10
backend10
cm10
backward-compatibility9
browser-support9
apidoc9
api9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
vapid/vapid
May 2018 - Jan 2021
Vapid is an intentionally simple content management system built on the idea that you can create a custom dashboard without ever leaving the HTML.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:63 releases, 212 commits, 92 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Scott contributed to the Vapid CMS by implementing several key features. These include account management enhancements, such as email and password modifications, and API authentication mechanisms. The user also addressed issues related to template handling, record reordering, and file uploads. Furthermore, they were involved in dashboard redesign and general improvements, demonstrating a focus on both backend and frontend development tasks.
content-management-systemcmsnodejs
jquery-backstretch/jquery-backstretch
Jul 2011 - Mar 2017
Backstretch is a simple jQuery plugin that allows you to add a dynamically-resized, slideshow-capable background image to any page or element. The image will stretch to fit the page/element, and will automatically resize as the window/element size changes.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:68 commits, 6 pushes, 2 comments in 5 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Scott primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the "jquery-backstretch/jquery-backstretch" project, a jQuery plugin for background images. Their commits focused on fixing issues with the example pages, specifically the click and slideshow demos. They also addressed layout and display issues across different browsers by modifying CSS attributes and image ratio calculations, indicating an emphasis on responsive design and cross-browser compatibility. These changes suggest a developer focused on the user interface and visual presentation.
background-imagejquery-pluginslideshow
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.